Metric Not! C. Towne Springer

[Peter Gargano]

Regnirps at aol.com wrote:

> So, what do you call it when you pay for something you already have?

Taxes!

> Re-tooling the most productive economy on the Earth is a GOOD idea?

I'd suggest a lot of industries re-tool regularly - how much of the
US auto industry now uses robots - this is a fairly recent "re-tool"!

> I so far avoided the fact that certain body organs sound a lot bigger in
> centimeters, ...

In Holland some years ago I thought it interesting that the "pondt" (or
a similar pronunciation) was a convenient measure meaning half a Kilogram
(an imperial pound is of course 450 odd grams).

Did anyone know that a "barrel" is 31 and 1/2 gallons (is that imperial
or US gallons?)

> ... but I think this is a major factor for the European Union's
> "members".

Don't worry - in 20 years time "six inches" will still mean the same!

-- 
Peter Gargano