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Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Fecha: Jueves, 25 de Mayo de 2000 12:48 a.m.
Asunto: Re: MI The Empire versus the metric
>I must admit I've been impressed with the discussion, it's brought a smile
>to my face a few times, well how about the Solomon Islan
21:31
À : 'Mick'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Objet : RE: MI The Empire versus the metric
Mick, here in Australia we often measure distance by stubbies. A stubbie is
a small bottle of beer (375 mL - about a third of a US quart).
eg. The number of stubbies it takes to get from Melbourne to Ballarat
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May 2000 10:33
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: MI The Empire versus the metric
I must admit I've been impressed with the discussion, it's brought a smile
to my face a few times, well how about the Solomon Islands distance is
measured by the litre there..
i.e the number of litres o
I must admit I've been impressed with the discussion, it's brought a smile
to my face a few times, well how about the Solomon Islands distance is
measured by the litre there..
i.e the number of litres of fuel you need in an outboard on a canoe to get
from A to B, weather, currents an
From: Johnson, Steven C [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, 25 May 2000 3:35
To: 'Rowland Schwarz'; Mapinfo Mailing List (E-mail)
Subject: RE: MI The Empire versus the metric
Good Heavens People!!!
Lighten up!!!
If those
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To: Mapinfo Mailing List (E-mail)
Subject: RE: MI The Empire versus the metric
I must say that this is a whole lot more irrelevant that the GPS conversions
that were being conducted a few weeks ago! Please take this conversation
somewhere else.
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Subject: RE: MI The Empire versus the metric
I Gallon (4 quarts) is equal to 8 pints which (by an illogical twist of your
own equation) is equal to eight miles. The cubed root of this is 2 miles
(126,720 inches)- and if you could find a cubic container whose sides are
that big it would
Hold a ruler up to the side of the container and jot down the dimensions.
Patrick J. Phillips
GIS Programmer I
City of Orlando
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