Metric Not! C. Towne Springer

[Clare Snyder]

----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Gargano <peter at ntserver.techedge.com.au>
To: <diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Sunday, June 06, 1999 2:34 AM
Subject: Re: Metric Not! C. Towne Springer


> 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?)

31.5 us gallons to a us liquid barrel, unless it is oil, where it is 42 us
gallons. If it is dry material, 26 1/4 us standard gallons, and 36 brittish
gallons to a british barrel, wet or dry (31.25 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