Miata Mailing List: September 1998, Message #146

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Previously on Oil Pressure, Lanny Chambers <lanny@derived.com> said...

> English are now quite metric. "Wacky" will do nicely, I suppose. You 
> think it's easy for *us* to understand? (Not quite as quaint as "stone" 
> and "leagues," though--the English were obviously more ready for a
change 
> than we Yanks.)

Actually the English are only partially metric.  They still measure
distance in miles, and weight in pounds (stones are just a larger
measure).

	-John (Who's bathroom scale weighs in Stones just to confuse guests)

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John Freas (jfreas@earthlink.net)
Red '90 Base-ish #7690
Birmingham, AL
Team LS1, SP, the Gap...
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