Metric is sooooooooo easy. In 1989, there was still one speed limit sign in
kilometers going over the Likelike Hwy on O'hau, HI. Wonder if it's still
there. Anyway....
Other than Roman numerals, I have never seen "MM" stand for anything other
than millimeters. Had to Google it to learn that MM is a correct
abbreviation.
Pete
-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Thompson [mailto:tommy@dcwisp.net]
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 10:13 PM
To: Bob Dicke; ppeters914@comcast.net; 'Datsun Roadster List'
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] FW: Send pics.
The US is the only industrialized country on the planet that doesn't use the
metric system (something we have in common with Burma and Liberia), although
most of us medical doctors use it regularly. It was hilarious when, as a
college senior working at 7-11 in Lawrence, Kansas in 1974 (and driving the
only Datsun roadster in town), we switched the gas pumps to liters,
confusing the ignorant masses beyond belief. Still, most of us would use
the metric '$10K' to represent ten thousand dollars, reserving Roman
numerals only for 'millions' and Mafia talk. Note, however, that while Bob's
MM is meant to represent one thousand thousand, in Roman numeral speak it's
actually only two thousand, so $10MM is really only twenty thousand
dollars.....
T
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Dicke" <rtdengr@charter.net>
To: <ppeters914@comcast.net>; "'Datsun Roadster List'"
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 9:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] FW: Send pics.
> Ten million would be $10MM
>
> Bob
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: datsun-roadsters-bounces@autox.team.net
> [mailto:datsun-roadsters-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
> ppeters914@comcast.net
> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 5:09 PM
> To: Datsun Roadster List
> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] FW: Send pics.
>
> It may be immaculate, but $10 million?
>
> Pete
> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Perry Smith <tpsmithstl@yahoo.com>
> Sender: datsun-roadsters-bounces@autox.team.netDate: Thu, 30 May 2013
> 13:58:00
> To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Subject: [Roadsters] FW: Send pics.
>
> I am forwarding this as a favor to a friend. The car is located in
> Fenton, MO
> - just outside St. Louis. I have personally seen this car and it
> looks immaculate. I know he stored the car in his basement every
> Winter, so it hasn't even seen the typical bad weather here in StL. This
is a 1600.
>
> I have no financial interest in the car and I'm perfectly happy with
> my 2L, but wanted to let the list know of it before he sends it to the
> general community.
>
>
>
> From: Charles Davis [mailto:daviscw@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2013 3:04 PM
> To: Smith, Perry
> Subject: Fwd: Send pics.
>
> The car. If you could let some folks know about it. 105,000 miles.
> $10m
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