On Sat, 2006-04-29 at 20:44 -0400, Mike wrote:
On Saturday 29 April 2006 7:51 am, Alexey Eremenko wrote:
Not to mention all the engineers in the 21th century who have to have to revert to 18th century measurement "standards" when they try to speak with their US collegues.
What standards ? Like mile & feet to meters & kilometers ?
don't forget fathoms, chains and drams
When I worked in Alaska we measured the fish in metric but recorded weight in pounds, since we supplied the measuring sticks.
And now they sell butter in 454g blocks, and pop in 355ml cans. Rather than adopt the metric size they just relabeled the old packaging.
People complained about gas being confusing but most people I know either buy a tank full, or $20 worth.
Where are you buying gasoline (petrol) these days!!??? I drive a Dodge Caravan and here in Florida it takes $40,00 worth of regular to fill up, if I stop before the little gas pump lights up. -Tom -- Thomas Edward Beasley Junior <beesknees@earthlink.net>