Xref: utzoo comp.os.minix:16939 alt.flame:34143 Newsgroups: comp.os.minix,alt.flame Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!eagle!data.nas.nasa.gov!scotty.nas.nasa.gov!hampe From: hampe@nas.nasa.gov (Andrew F. Hampe) Subject: Re: Imperial vs Metric References: <9106011628@ukmug.uk.mugnet.org> <7998@ecs.soton.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 8 Jun 91 08:36:30 GMT Reply-To: hampe@scotty.nas.nasa.gov (Andrew F. Hampe) Organization: say what? Keywords: inches gallons electrical outlets Sender: news@nas.nasa.gov Message-ID: <1991Jun8.083630.4620@nas.nasa.gov> Lines: 31 In article <7998@ecs.soton.ac.uk>, etj90@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Khaos) writes: |> In <9106011628@ukmug.uk.mugnet.org> jonathan@ukmug.uk.mugnet.org (Jonathan Allen) writes: |> (In comp.os.minix too, the dead-head) |> >Andy Tannenbaum (ast@vu.cs.nl) wrote: |> >> People in the U.S. just assume that the whole world uses inches |> >All the best people do :-) |> |> ==He does. (sneer) Only oldsters do nowadays in England you know. |> |> >The English still do use inches, although our government seems bent on |> |> Speak for yourself. Dynamite Line there Pimple Picking Pine Head!!!! So Be Careful what you Say about your Elders! Why When I was Growing Up We had Respect for Traditional Family Values and the Wisdom of Our Elders! That's the Problem with all of you young puppies.... ciao drieux no wonder society is collapsing in an abyss of social anarchy and pastel clothing.