On Tuesday, August 21, 2001 8:20 AM, Doug Franklin
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>
> Actually, I take a bit of a perverse pleasure in our (US) unwillingness
> (inability?) to switch to the metric system. It just sort of speaks to
> that "screw you, I'm doing it my way" attitude of the pioneers. :-)
>
> The math is a lot easier in metric, though. Does anyone know how many
> slugs are equal to a kilogram? :-)
>
How about 2.2 times as many as to a pound?
John Coyle
(who was forced to go metric twice)
Brisbane, Australia
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