David Massey wrote:
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> Message text written by INTERNET:odd.hedberg@bigfoot.com
> >NO ARCHIVE !
>
> Friends,
> JFYI... Today, May 10th, it's 125 years since USA signed the Inter-
> national Metre Convention in Paris. Together with 19 other national
> representatives... Makes one wonder what y'all been doing for the
> last century or so... ;-)
> Have a bright and sunny day!
> Regards
> /Odd
>
> --
> Odd Hedberg
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> Odd, are you rubbing our noses in it or just stiring the pot. As for me I
> am sick and tired of trying to figure out which is bigger: 5/64 or 1/8.
Well, let's try to keep this in perspective, since it's a car list:
On May 8, 1879, George Selden of Rochester, N.Y., filed for the first
patent
for an automobile. It was granted in 1895.
Cheers, all.
--
Michael D. Porter
Roswell, NM
[mailto: mporter@zianet.com]
`70 GT6+ (being refurbished, slowly)
`71 GT6 Mk. III (organ donor)
`72 GT6 Mk. III (daily driver)
`64 TR4 (awaiting intensive care)
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