And in the UK and Ireland they still measure body weight in stone...
1 st = 14 lb = 6.35 kg 73 Frank W3LPL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Rhodes" <jimk...@gmail.com> To: "ab2tc" <ab...@arrl.net> Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 12:38:53 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Metric system In the UK the still go down the pub for a pint though. Jim Rhodes K0XU On Mon, Feb 25, 2019, 17:08 ab2tc <ab...@arrl.net> wrote: > Hi again, > > Hopefully Eric will find it in his heart to let this thread continue. > > Yes, we are. Booze and wine are now sold by the liter. Curiously beer is > generally not. In my opinion gas stations should be the next in line to > convert. I am sure modern pumps could easily be reprogrammed to display > liters instead of gallons. To the uneducated the price per liter would look > like a bargain. Wow, less than a dollar! I don't think super markets would > encounter a huge cost converting from lbs to kilos either. Probably the > road > signage would be the biggest cost problem. > > AB2TC - Knut > > > k6dgw wrote > > Yep, we're going metric ... inch by inch. > > > > 73, > > Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW > > Sparks NV DM09dn > > Washoe County > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2/25/2019 2:12 PM, Jim Rhodes wrote: > >> Well we first authorized use of the metric system in 1866, we are > working > >> on getting around to it. Don't rush us! > >> > >> > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto: > > > Elecraft@.qth > > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > > > > -- > Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
