Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!ames!lll-tis!ptsfa!amdahl!amdcad!phil From: phil@amdcad.AMD.COM (Phil Ngai) Newsgroups: sci.misc Subject: Re: metric system Message-ID: <17983@amdcad.AMD.COM> Date: Thu, 20-Aug-87 20:28:04 EDT Article-I.D.: amdcad.17983 Posted: Thu Aug 20 20:28:04 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 22-Aug-87 14:20:25 EDT References: <238@etn-rad.UUCP> Reply-To: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) Distribution: sci.misc Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, Ca. Lines: 8 This article was very funny but a bigger reason for not changing is that all your screws, nuts, bolts, and tools change. Likewise for the common 2X4 stud or a 4X8 piece of plywood. Ugh! -- I speak for myself, not the company. Phil Ngai, {ucbvax,decwrl,allegra}!amdcad!phil or amdcad!phil@decwrl.dec.com