On Monday 23 April 2007 11:22, my mailbox was graced by a missive from NoOp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> who wrote:
> http://ts.nist.gov/WeightsAndMeasures/Publications/appxc.cfm Thanks for the link, I had not realized up to now how f...ed up the US-Imperial system was. I noted the US has 5 different "barrels" of varying capacities, that the gallon, the cup, the fluis ounce, the pint, the quart, the fathom or the cable length all refer to different quantities in the US and the UK; not to mention calling units "international" when they are only legal in the US, Burma and Liberia; bit like the World Series...... Cheers, Ron. -- What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering. -- George Bernard Shaw -- http://www.olgiati-in-paraguay.org -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
