Wasn't the metric system thought up by the French? (flame suit on)
Guy, 1 gal (UK) =1.2 gal (US), so about 20% smaller. :) But one of these
days, I'd like to make a trip over the pond and have a REAL pint of
beer! (the 20% bigger ones!) :)
-=Chris
From: Frank Clarici
Sent: 1/4/2004 9:32:15 PM
To: Guy.Weller@kencomp.net
Cc: dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com;spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Austin A35 MPG
Guy Weller wrote:
> Excuse me Sir!
> We do DO NOT have Kilometers in the UK
YOU tell em Guy!!
Any measurements us Americans have is all due to the English.
Remember, we are an English settled colony.
Pounds, Ounces, pints, quarts, gallons, inches, feet, yards, miles.
It is so simple, based on who knows what. Now compare these measurments
to some way out metric system based on an even 10. How could anybody
understand that?
That is why you won't find metric bolts on our cars.
I wish I could say that about my Ford.
--
Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
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