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08:50:36 -0400
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Sorry Dave, but DD/MM/ is not a valid option in regional settings.
It works for me on Win2k.
dave
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Catching up on stuff that piled up while I was gone, mostly... though
still backlogged, since I've been back almost a week.
Bob S. (I think) wrote:
As to the driving on the right and left hand side of the road, very few of us
wear swords anymore (?Glenn?) so it's OK for us to drive on the
What's going on? I didn't attach anything to that
email. Are they rebounding again?
--- Jody [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was referring to some of the roads we drove on
when
in Western Australia, where there is a c.3m strip of
tarseal down the centre, and the edges are dirt. So
you drive in
Hehehe, and I started it on the slippery slope
downhill and off-topic. Won't my mummy be proud?
Jody.
--- graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey this is the fartherest off topic I have ever
seen a thread get, maybe we should save the subject
line for all off topic posts? Nah!
--graywolf
Chris Brogden wrote:
On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
Paul M. Provencher wrote:
Roads? We don't need no stinkin' roads!
Here! Here!
Um - try Hear, hear - I can't tell you how many years I thought it
was Here, here - glad to see I'm not the only one who was
On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 23:22:29 -0400, Peter Alling wrote:
If the north is so good, why in the heck are the northerners flocking
down here in droves? :-)
I thought it was a plan. We are dividing up the warm, sunny parts of the
south and converting them into the North. Florida is the first
Nenad Djurdjevic wrote:
[snip]
Instead of kind Texas Rangers we have lots of mean traffic police
that won't let you speed or drive in the middle of the road ;-)
Robert Harris wrote:
You have roads?
Bob
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Just one at the moment but we're very proud of it (the bit through town is
even
So you live about 113 kilometres from Fort Worth,
then?
;)
--- Robert Payne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nope, Texas (USA) work in Fort Worth and live about
70 miles (don't speak kilometers) west of Fort
Worth.
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Make international
I met this guy from Dallas, Texas, while travelling
between islands in New Zealand. I had great difficulty
in understanding a single word he said. I even had to
ask him to spell Dallas before I could understand
where he was from :-)
He said New Zealand was very cold. Well, what did he
expect in
I was referring to some of the roads we drove on when
in Western Australia, where there is a c.3m strip of
tarseal down the centre, and the edges are dirt. So
you drive in the middle until you meet someone, then
both move over to the side to get past.
I thoroughly enjoyed my time there, and will
6:48 PM
Subject: Re: Asahi vs Honeywell
I met this guy from Dallas, Texas, while travelling
between islands in New Zealand. I had great difficulty
in understanding a single word he said. I even had to
ask him to spell Dallas before I could understand
where he was from :-)
He said New
Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
During WW2, there was a newspaper published for the US troops
called
Stars and Stripes. In that paper was a cartoon done by Bill
Mauldin
(I forget the name of the strip). They were all one-panel
cartoons.
One of my favorites is one that shows the two
While you're asking yourself questions, also ask where Sam Houston was born.
Bill, KG4LOV
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Go to the Alamo count the number of people from Connecticut who fought
there.
Then ask yourself where was Austin born. (Hint Durham Connecticut). If
it
weren't
for us northerners
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From: Gianfranco Irlanda [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 1:09 PM
Subject: Re: Asahi vs Honeywell.
Hi Doug,
I'm not sure I understand what does furriners mean.
Could you please explain?
Thanks,
Gianfranco
It's another
Gianfranco wrote, in response to Doug Franklin's post:
Hi Doug,
I'm not sure I understand what does furriners mean.
Could you please explain?
Hi Gianfranco,
Furriners means foreigners. The Willy and Joe characters in the
strip were likely representations of rural American country folk from
Stars and Stripes is still published. The cartoon was called Up Front.
At 11:50 PM 8/21/2001 -0400, you wrote:
On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 23:48:39 -0400, Tom Rittenhouse wrote:
You don't understand, John. To most of my fellow Americans you are
a foreigner even when they are sitting in your living
And then they Died!
Is there a lesson in that -- go south to die.
Stay North and live. (Logic can be fun, especialy if misused).
At 11:07 PM 8/21/2001 -0500, you wrote:
But you notice they all had the good sense to LEAVE Connecticut!
Go to the Alamo count the number of people from
Didn't bother to run any real numbers was just amazed by the number from
the north.
At 12:37 AM 8/22/2001 -0400, you wrote:
That's just the southerners who came up north after WWII going home g.
-graywolf
Gary L. Murphy wrote:
On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 23:22:29 -0400, Peter Alling wrote:
Go
On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 08:14:41 -0400, Peifer, William [OCDUS] wrote:
Gianfranco wrote, in response to Doug Franklin's post:
I'm not sure I understand what does furriners mean.
Could you please explain?
Furriners means foreigners.
Exactly. I don't think Mauldin ever says exactly where
I never said it was good. However we do have water.
At 10:48 PM 8/21/2001 -0500, you wrote:
On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 23:22:29 -0400, Peter Alling wrote:
Go to the Alamo count the number of people from Connecticut who fought
there.
Then ask yourself where was Austin born. (Hint Durham
Peifer, William [OCDUS] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Gianfranco,
Furriners means foreigners. The Willy and Joe
characters in the
strip were likely representations of rural American country
folk from
somewhere deep in America's heartland, who had probably never
seen any
furriners in their
William Robb wrote:
Dihhd youw awwwhhhl seee theemmm puuurdty little
critters runnin' ahhroun hea
On a high school trip to New Orleans, some friends and I were busy
seeing who could stay awake the longest (yes, I know, but it was high
school), so we were at a 24-hour Denny's
Well, I am closer than you are to oz/gal grin, 8 pints not 4.
--graywolf
Jody wrote:
Speaking as a non maths-impaired foreigner, I usually
think of 50.8mm as 2 inches :)
--- Tom Rittenhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nah, we think of 50mm as 2 inchs
--
Tom Graywolf Rittenhouse
Graywolf
Yes, quite a few secondary roads are like that. I guess in a state as big
as ours (with only 1.5 million people in an area 7 times the size of Texas)
we cannot justify the expense of a wide road that sees maybe one or two cars
per day.
Nenad
Jody wrote:
I was referring to some of the roads we
Gary L. Murphy wrote:
I still believe there is no such thing as the north because it's south of Canada.
g
Despite the fact that fully 1/2 of the land mass of the lower 48 is north of our
(Canada's)
most southern point (Point Pelee, Ontario, which juts into Lake Erie), we are, truly,
The
On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 20:24:18 -0400, Frank Theriault wrote:
Despite the fact that fully 1/2 of the land mass of the lower 48 is north of our
(Canada's)
most southern point (Point Pelee, Ontario, which juts into Lake Erie), we are, truly,
The
Great White North!
eggactly! :-)
Later,
Gary
Bob Blakely [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Where the hell are you coming from?
As has been firmly established by now, Jody was trolling, and Bob took
the bait. :-) However, thar's gold in them thar hills:
The deal is: You are ignorant. Don't worry. Unlike stupidity,
ignorance is curable.
Well
Robert Harris writes:
We had rather stick with the more natural measurement system. I am sure
that some day the rest of the world comes to its senses and adopt it,
though. :)
IMO, the metric system is more logical, but in general imperial has less
syllables so is easier to pronounce (eg
Roads? We don't need no stinkin' roads!
Here! Here!
ppro
http://whitemetal.com/offroad/index.htm
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gary L. Murphy
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 10:44 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Asahi vs
You don't perchance live in Western Australia?
:) :)
--- Robert Payne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
Drive on LHS of road ~ Drive on RHS of road
In my neck of the woods, we drive down the middle of
the road !
:)
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There's nothing worse than deleting most of a thread with a title like
'Asahi vs Honeywell', assuming that it was about the differences between
US and European/Japanese Spotmatics, only to spot a later message
containing the traces of the end-stage of a flame war, necessitating
extensive
David A. Mann wrote:
Robert Harris writes:
We had rather stick with the more natural measurement system. I am sure
that some day the rest of the world comes to its senses and adopt it,
though. :)
IMO, the metric system is more logical...
Rubbish. As one distinguished Australian
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Asahi vs Honeywell.
You Americans seem to have your own names for
everything.
I am nice surprised that American photographers are such enlightened (:-)
that they use millimeters !!! to denote focal length.
What about dropping miles/inches etc. as next
address that if they like.
annsan
ppro
http://whitemetal.com/offroad/index.htm
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gary L. Murphy
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 10:44 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Asahi vs Honeywell
You don't perchance live in Western Australia?
:) :)
Nope, Texas (USA) work in Fort Worth and live about
70 miles (don't speak kilometers) west of Fort Worth.
Y Ha
Robert
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Peifer, William [OCDUS] wrote:
You've inspired me! ... And my cars? Those factory-supplied
speedometers are coming out until I can replace the faceplates
with a scale calibrated in farthings per fortnight. BIG grin
Farthings? Sure you wouldn't be happier with Angstroms?
bigger grin
You've inspired me! ... And my cars? Those factory-supplied
speedometers are coming out until I can replace the faceplates
with a scale calibrated in farthings per fortnight. BIG grin
Farthings? Sure you wouldn't be happier with Angstroms?
bigger grin
Too inconvenient. Do you have any
Ivan Prenosil wrote:
If metric system was something you can buy, and there was enough advertising,
would Americans still resist ? :-)
Yes. We resist terrible ideas, like the Edsel and New Coke.
--
Daniel J. Matyola mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Stanley, Powers Matyola
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Too inconvenient. Do you have any idea how many Angstroms there are to a
Farthing?
Neither me nor units(1) has ever heard of farthing. But it does know
furlong, which is about 2e+12 Angstroms.
Anyone know how many rods there are to a hogshead? I need to get my
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anyone know how many rods there are to a hogshead? I need to get my Whitworth*
tools recalibrated.
Beep! Error! Error! A hogshead is a measure of volume. A rod is a measure of length.
Beep!
Error! Error! Does not compute!
http://mdmetric.com/kdindex.htm
Regards,
Too inconvenient. Do you have any idea how many Angstroms there are to
a Farthing?
Neither me nor units(1) has ever heard of farthing. But it does know
furlong, which is about 2e+12 Angstroms.
A farthing is an old unit of (British) currency. 1/6 of a penny, I believe
(it was before my
Ivan Prenosil wrote:
In fact, the metric system simply reflects a French attempt to dominate
the world by defining its measurements, a failed attempt. While much of
the world was sucked into the trap, Americans have resisted mightily,
If metric system was something you can buy, and
: Re: Asahi vs Honeywell, now OT.
You've inspired me! ... And my cars? Those factory-supplied
speedometers are coming out until I can replace the faceplates
with a scale calibrated in farthings per fortnight. BIG grin
Farthings? Sure you wouldn't be happier with Angstroms?
bigger
Hi,
Neither me nor units(1) has ever heard of farthing.
1/4 of a penny. Had a picture of a wren on one side. When my mother was a
young girl her mother would occasionally have a farthing to spare,
which she would give to her 5 children. They would rush off down
to the shop and buy one stick of
Peifer, William [OCDUS] wrote:
You guys crack me up. Keep smilin'!
Wait until Friday, when we can stop being serious.
Bob Harris
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Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 12:13 PM
Subject: RE: Asahi vs Honeywell, now OT.
I thought farthings were a monetary unit. Are you sure you don't mean
furlong?
Furlongs per fortnight would be a measure of speed.
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I believe a Farthing is 2e+10 Nearthings.
BTW, yes, I am new here. I used to take a lot of pictures with a cheap 110
camera when I was a pre-adolescent but have had very little to do with
photography since then. I picked up an SF-10 in June and intend to mostly
lurk here and try to learn a
On Wednesday, August 22, 2001 4:16 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
Too inconvenient. Do you have any idea how many Angstroms there are to
a Farthing?
Neither me nor units(1) has ever heard of farthing. But it does know
furlong, which is about 2e+12 Angstroms.
A
Glad I missed all that. The change to decimal currency happened just as I was
starting to learn what money was all about. Then my parents whisked the family
off to the States.
Mark How many Angstroms to a Farthing Roberts
John Coyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wednesday, August 22, 2001 4:16
On Tuesday, August 21, 2001 11:56 PM, Tom Rittenhouse
[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
Nah, we think of 50mm as 2 inchs, but usually don't write it that way on the
list because of the
math impared foreigners here. g BTW, don't write back that you are not a
foreigner because to can
ask anyone
And my cars? Those factory-supplied speedometers are coming out until I
can replace the faceplates with a scale calibrated in farthings per
fortnight. BIG grin
Bill Peifer
Rochester, NY
Bill, wouldn't that be furlongs per full moon?
Joe
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You don't perchance live in Western Australia?
:) :)
Nope, Texas (USA) work in Fort Worth and live about
70 miles (don't speak kilometers) west of Fort Worth.
Y Ha
Robert
As far as I can tell from Walker Texas Ranger Texas has some similarities
to Western Australia (where I
I've been on those roads 1 1/2 lanes 70mph speed limits,
(Thats' about 130kph for those who need to do the conversion).
Meeting engagements must be exciting!
At 11:16 AM 8/21/2001 -0500, you wrote:
You don't perchance live in Western Australia?
:) :)
Nope, Texas (USA) work in Fort Worth and
Hadn't you noticed but each named unit of measure for volume in the
imperial system
is precisely twice or half as large as the next. (Ok there are exceptions),
In this respect the imperial system is binary.
At 09:44 AM 8/21/2001 -0400, you wrote:
David A. Mann wrote:
Robert Harris writes:
It is and yes we would.
At 06:08 PM 8/21/2001 +0200, you wrote:
In fact, the metric system simply reflects a French attempt to dominate
the world by defining its measurements, a failed attempt. While much of
the world was sucked into the trap, Americans have resisted mightily,
If metric
Did you ever read an essay by Poul Anderson using Old English and Anglo
Saxon derived terminology to describe quantum effects?
At 04:14 PM 8/21/2001 -0400, you wrote:
I believe a Farthing is 2e+10 Nearthings.
BTW, yes, I am new here. I used to take a lot of pictures with a cheap 110
camera
- Original Message -
From: Nenad Djurdjevic
Subject: Re: Asahi vs Honeywell
As far as I can tell from Walker Texas Ranger Texas has some
similarities
to Western Australia (where I live).
Yup, you both have funny accents
HAR!!
WW
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Farthing Forth of a penny. (Before my time as well but look at the root word).
At 02:15 PM 8/21/2001 -0400, you wrote:
Too inconvenient. Do you have any idea how many Angstroms there are to
a Farthing?
Neither me nor units(1) has ever heard of farthing. But it does know
furlong, which
Actually The pound florin and shilling were the beginnings of a decimal
coinage. It was completed with the replacement of the old penny with new
pence.
Twenty shillings to the pound 10 Florins to the pound now each of those
coins were
directly replaced with the 5 np and 10np coins
It would depend on how it started.
At 07:54 AM 8/21/2001 -0700, Shel pondered:
Aaron blabbered:
if you're going to have a flame war,
label it as such
Question: Is a flame war OT?
--
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On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 10:02:10 +0800, Nenad Djurdjevic wrote:
Texas!). Instead of kind Texas Rangers we have lots of mean traffic police
that won't let you speed or drive in the middle of the road ;-)
Yeah, our Texas Rangers (The police, not the ballclub), just shoot ya instead of
making a big
The only funny accents I ever heard were from people who spent half the year
trying to keep from freezing to death. (which includes all those damnyankee
border states)
Yup.
JeffW.
Texas
As far as I can tell from Walker Texas Ranger Texas has some
similarities
to Western Australia (where I
Gary L. Murphy wrote:
On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 23:22:29 -0400, Peter Alling wrote:
If the north is so good, why in the heck are the northerners flocking down here
in
droves? :-)
Same reason they go to zoos. See the animals. :)
Bob
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On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 00:11:54 -0400, Robert Harris wrote:
Same reason they go to zoos. See the animals. :)
Unlike a =visitor= to a zoo, these are staying! Hence why we call them, Damn
Yankees. :-)
Later,
Gary
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From: Robert Harris
Subject: Re: Now very OT Asahi vs Honeywell
Gary L. Murphy wrote:
On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 23:22:29 -0400, Peter Alling wrote:
If the north is so good, why in the heck are the
northerners flocking down here in
droves? :-)
Same reason
That's just the southerners who came up north after WWII going home g.
-graywolf
Gary L. Murphy wrote:
On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 23:22:29 -0400, Peter Alling wrote:
Go to the Alamo count the number of people from Connecticut who fought there.
Then ask yourself where was Austin born. (Hint
On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 22:23:27 -0600, William Robb wrote:
Were those TEXANS?? They sure looked like little bunny
rabbits
See that just proves it. You've had your brain frozen! :-)
Later,
Gary
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... also stone weight.
From: John Coyle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
Too inconvenient. Do you have any idea how many Angstroms there are
to
a Farthing?
Neither me nor units(1) has ever heard of farthing. But it does know
furlong, which is about 2e+12
Jeff writes:
I have an accounting program that under W95, followed the DD/MM/ format,
but when I upgraded to ME it switched to MM/DD/.
I'm trying to figure out how to switch it back to the older format, to no
avail.
Start-Settings-Control Panel-Regional Settings, select the Date
--- Bob Blakely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Wrong again, French breath!
My breath is hardly French. I just know a little
French, that is all.
Dates in the US are generally and most commonly
written August 19, 2001
and abbreviated 8/19/2001. 19/8/01 is military date
speak the world over.
I agree. I am sorry. I didn't mean any offence. I
forget you guys can't see my expressions on email.
Just ignore me in future. Everyone else does. If you
knew me, you would know I didn't mean anything by it.
Jody.
--- Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Unless you know the person well,
My favorite date system is mmdd because computers will easily sort this
chronologically. I often use this kind of system for file names for this reason.
In my day job I often work with U.S. military documents. Their preferred date
formats are /mm/dd, yy/mm/dd or dd MONTH .
--
Mark
All our cheap junk was Made in Taiwan. Now it is
Made in Hong Kong. Japanese junk probably would have
been a luxury in comparison :)
As a child in the '50's, I had hundreds of toys that
were Made in Japan. We
use this as an example today for American business.
In the 50's, Made in
Japan
RHD is the scourge of the POMS (Prisoners of Mother England)!
- Original Message -
From: Frits J. Wüthrich [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 9:32 PM
Subject: RE: Asahi vs Honeywell.
Anyway, I think driving on the left is an island nation thing
Honeywell also pioneered autofocus and Minolta found out when Honeywell sued
the shit out of them!
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From: Peter Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: Asahi vs Honeywell.
Honeywell did more than just
.
At 09:24 PM 8/20/2001 +1000, you wrote:
Honeywell also pioneered autofocus and Minolta found out when Honeywell sued
the shit out of them!
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From: Peter Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: Asahi vs Honeywell
Nicely done.
ppro
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jody
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 6:38 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Asahi vs Honeywell.
--- Bob Blakely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Wrong again, French breath!
My
: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jeff
Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 11:19 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: OT: Asahi vs Honeywell.
I have an accounting program that under W95, followed the
DD/MM/ format,
but when I upgraded to ME it switched to MM/DD/
Sorry Dave, but DD/MM/ is not a valid option in regional settings.
Jeff
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From: David A. Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 2:51 AM
Subject: Re: OT: Asahi vs Honeywell.
Jeff writes:
I have an accounting program
On Mon, 20 Aug 2001, Mark Roberts wrote:
My favorite date system is mmdd because computers will easily sort
this chronologically. I often use this kind of system for file names
for this reason.
Ditto. It works very well for organzing files or folders by date on the
computer. For
Hey, New Zealand Breath (Har!) ...
Many of us knew you were just joking around. With guys like Bob
hanging on every nuance and subtlety of a message, it might be a good
idea to include an appropriate smiley or grin in your postings.
However, most of us know you by now, and we know that you're
You Americans seem to have your own names for
everything.
I am nice surprised that American photographers are such enlightened (:-)
that they use millimeters !!! to denote focal length.
What about dropping miles/inches etc. as next stage ? (:-)
Ivan
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Oh, and let's not forget:
19/8/01 ~ 2001/08/19
This is a long thread, but I still do not know the reason for such absurd (:-) date
format.
I would understand least-significant-part-first, or least-significant-part-last,
but least-significant-part-MIDDLE ???
Why do not extend it to time
Jeff,
I had the same problem with my accounting software and thought I'd just
have to live with it. Recently the software distributors adressed the
issue in their e-newsletter. The following extract is the fix that
worked for me, perhaps it will work for you, too.
Note: If your system is
Ivan Prenosil wrote:
I am nice surprised that American photographers are such enlightened (:-)
that they use millimeters !!! to denote focal length.
A pity, but we are stuck with that.
What about dropping miles/inches etc. as next stage ? (:-)
We had rather stick with the more natural
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From: Anthony Farr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 5:27 AM
Subject: Re: OT: Asahi vs Honeywell.
Jeff,
I had the same problem with my accounting software and thought I'd just
have to live with it. Recently the software distributors adressed
We were involved in the creation of the metric system.
Ben Franklin and the French together.
Too much English tradition, but it's workable.
Besides, many older lenses were in inches
and until recently, Kodak Carousel projector lenses
were in inches as well.
Collin
From: Ivan Prenosil [EMAIL
On Mon, 20 Aug 2001 08:43:41 -0500 (CDT), Chris Brogden wrote:
Ditto. It works very well for organzing files or folders by date on the
computer. For everyday writing, I often use MMDDYY.
I've found that the 20 AUG 2001 format works well for me, because I
often communicate with folks in
On Sun, 19 Aug 2001 at 22:49:01 -0400, Peter Alling
[EMAIL PROTECTED] declaimed in honeyed tones:
The expiration date is not in a standard US or European
format. They are using the old COBOL pic standard used on
any computer system where the Geeks thought ahead to the Y2K
problem, (some
You Americans seem to have your own names for
everything. Is this just your way of saying you are
better than anybody else?
eg. Asahi ~ Honeywell
MZ-30 ~ ZX-30
MZ-50 ~ ZX-50
Minolta X500 ~ Minolta X570
Manfrotto ~ Bogen
Drive on LHS of road ~ Drive on RHS of road
Colour ~
Oh, and let's not forget:
19/8/01 ~ 2001/08/19
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
You Americans seem to have your own names for
everything. Is this just your way of saying you are
better than anybody else?
eg. Asahi ~ Honeywell
MZ-30 ~ ZX-30
MZ-50 ~ ZX-50
Minolta X500 ~ Minolta X570
Manfrotto ~ Bogen
Drive on LHS of
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anyway, I think dirving on the left is an island nation thing.
Didn't the
rest of the EU change to right hand side some 25 years ago?
Well, actually is more than 50 years...
Gianfranco
PS: this intrigues me: why on earth the month should come before
the day in
Anyway, I think driving on the left is an island nation thing.
Didn't the
rest of the EU change to right hand side some 25 years ago?
No. I think only Sweden changed quite a long time ago, the rest always drove
on the correct (=right) side of the road.
For Colour and Plough, we are not
Bob Blakely wrote:
Perhaps, but I don't believe it. The French continually discriminated
against me when I was young, and in these last years against my Dad and also
my Mom for being with my Dad. They were effectively driven from their
ancestral home in Quebec by the French. The speech and
Canadians are Americans but they don't have these concerns.
Besides, they look just like real Americans. g
(Please, it's a joke. Thanks.)
Collin
From: Jody [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You Americans seem to have your own names for
everything. Is this just your way of saying you are
better than anybody
Ann Sanfedele wrote:..
It seems very difficult to do light hearted stuff without
smiley faces on
a list of so varied a population.
I agree, Ann. It's always a good idea to :-), or g or give some indication of an
attempt at humour, if such is intended. Especially with a list that extends
On Sun, 19 Aug 2001, Bob Blakely wrote:
From: Jody [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Oh, and let's not forget:
19/8/01 ~ 2001/08/19
Wrong again, French breath!
[snip]
Idiot!
Why so rude? I'm sorry about your family, but that doesn't give you an
excuse to spew out insults and racial slurs against a
]
Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Päivä: 19. elokuuta 2001 17:57
Aihe: Re: Asahi vs Honeywell.
I rarely jump in to fight anyone elses battles. But it seemed to me, having
seen lots of Jody's posts, and having exchanged a small number of e-mails with
her, that she was being
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From: Jostein Øksne
Subject: Re: Asahi vs Honeywell.
It seems fair to call this American protectionism.
Lets not go here please.
William Robb
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