In a message dated 30/03/01 2:15:44 PM Pacific Standard Time,
mikerosen@home.com writes:
> > << To clarify things, it should be noted that 9/10ths is measured at sea
> > level. So it's relative to altitude (or is that attitude?). >>
> >
>
10ths, of course, are a Metric measurement more suited to those silver cars
that boringly keep on ticking, and ticking, and.......
Proper British cars would measure their progress in furlongs per fortnight,
and their ratio of driver effort in something like 12ths, rather than tedious
10ths.
Bill Spohn
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