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From: de@moscom.UUCP
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Subject: Re: metric system
Message-ID: <1038@moscom.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 14-Aug-87 08:23:08 EDT
Article-I.D.: moscom.1038
Posted: Fri Aug 14 08:23:08 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 16-Aug-87 09:04:18 EDT
References: <238@etn-rad.UUCP> <1154@gryphon.CTS.COM>
Reply-To: de@moscom.UUCP (Dave Esan)
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In article <1154@gryphon.CTS.COM> richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) writes:
>I lived in Canadia between '76 and '79 when it was all metric. You'd
>be surprised how easy it is to adapt to the metric system. It really is
>nice.
>
>BUT! Kilopascals ? Gimme a break. 32 psi I can handle, but 450 Kilopascals or
>.450 or whatever. Uh-uh.

On a recent trip to Israel I wanted to put some air in the tires of our rented
car.  I turned to my sister, who had lived there for eight years, and asked her
what the units of pressure were, and how many did one put into a tire.  She
smiled and said that she put in 28 pounds.  When I looked at the airpump I 
discovered that it was an old American one.  Seems that it is cheaper to buy
old psi pumps than to buy new kilopascal pumps.
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