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1. Imperial vs Metric (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 21:26:35 -0000charset="iso-8859-1"; I've got an infallible system for converting miles to kms. Double the miles and knock a bit off the approximated kms. 5 miles = 8kms. To go the other way, halve the kms and add a bit on. Works a trea; /html/triumphs/1999-12/msg00260.html (9,273 bytes)
2. Imperial vs Metric (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 18:18:32 -0500; Message text written by "jonmac" list from someone who moaned ad nauseam that he found an unattended gas station in a remote part of Sweden which was open 24/7 and only accepted banknotes or a CC to; /html/triumphs/1999-12/msg00264.html (8,698 bytes)
3. Re: Imperial vs Metric (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 05 Dec 1999 16:43:03 -0800; 1/16" to mm is pretty easy, just add 50%. IOW to convert 5/16" to mm, add 1/2 of 5 to 5, to get 7.5mm (pretty close, actual value is 7.9375mm). The other way is a little tougher, but 2/3 of the value; /html/triumphs/1999-12/msg00267.html (8,000 bytes)
4. Re: Imperial vs Metric (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 05 Dec 1999 23:41:57 -0700; Hmm, the quick practical guide... 11mm fits 7/16, 13mm tightly fits 1/2, 14 mm variably fits 9/16, 15mm won't fit 5/8, 5/8 won't properly fit 15mm, 17mm seems to fit an 11/16, but an 11/16 often does; /html/triumphs/1999-12/msg00283.html (11,385 bytes)
5. Re: Imperial vs Metric (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 07:22:15 -0500charset="iso-8859-1"; Now what happens when you do not speak any of these languages, I only know how to speak "Virginian" or "Southern". "FT" -- Original Message -- From David Massey <105671.471 at compuserve.com> To: jon; /html/triumphs/1999-12/msg00287.html (10,062 bytes)
6. Re: Imperial vs Metric (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 09:51:48 -0500; Message text written by "Fred Thomas" how to speak "Virginian" or "Southern". "FT" < You can have Dan Masters translate into "Tennessee-ian", I'll translate into Widwest-ian, Bud will translate into; /html/triumphs/1999-12/msg00295.html (8,181 bytes)
7. Re: Imperial vs Metric (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 09:51:45 -0500; Message text written by "Michael D. Porter" not about our culture, but about our educational system. Anyone who has taken a college-level chemistry course in this country must adopt IU measurements.; /html/triumphs/1999-12/msg00296.html (9,108 bytes)
8. Re: Imperial vs Metric (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 07:56:08 -0700; I might be able to translate into Tex-Mex but I haven't lived in the Desert long enough to translate into that dialect!!! Joe -- "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort." -- Dave Weinba; /html/triumphs/1999-12/msg00297.html (8,957 bytes)
9. Re: Imperial vs Metric (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 10:18:54 -0500; Message text written by Joe Curry I might be able to translate into Tex-Mex but I haven't lived in the Desert long enough to translate into that dialect!!! Joe < I wouldn't know the difference. Dave; /html/triumphs/1999-12/msg00300.html (8,015 bytes)
10. Re: Imperial vs Metric (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 08:39:55 -0700; It has something to do with the amount of profanity that is intermingled with the border slang! Joe -- "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort." -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer; /html/triumphs/1999-12/msg00303.html (8,681 bytes)
11. Re: Imperial vs Metric (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 18:05:32 +0100; after reading this thread for days now, I must say I finally got a laugh when reading John Macartney telling us about a lost Brit in the vast wilderness of rural Sweden... Did the guy bother to ask; /html/triumphs/1999-12/msg00308.html (9,944 bytes)
12. Re: Imperial vs Metric (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 12:39:13 -0700; I see you've been studying the culture of your new home by hanging out in Nogales.... <smile> Cheers, Joe.; /html/triumphs/1999-12/msg00321.html (8,597 bytes)
13. Re: Imperial vs Metric (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 13:56:20 -0700; I don't have to stray very far from Sahuarita to get a taste of that! Joe -- "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort." -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer; /html/triumphs/1999-12/msg00332.html (8,812 bytes)
14. Re: Imperial vs Metric (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 00:30:56 -0600; I represent that remark A lot of what is worthwhile did. And I bet he doesn't like Country music either. Bob; /html/triumphs/1999-12/msg00359.html (8,434 bytes)
15. Re: Imperial vs Metric (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 10:19:44 -0500; Message text written by Bob Jones Ask any Native American and he'll tell you it ENDED in 1492! What country? Dave; /html/triumphs/1999-12/msg00375.html (8,112 bytes)
16. RE: Imperial vs Metric (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 08:23:39 -0800 charset="iso-8859-1"; And I must add; the U.S. is the only country, barring the USSR which has managed to do any space exploration at all. The need for advanced computing ability to calculate trajectories and to communica; /html/triumphs/1999-12/msg00378.html (9,441 bytes)
17. RE: Imperial vs Metric (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 16:35:38 -0000 charset="iso-8859-1"; .......and there was I thinking it was the Germans who put the first men in Space....:*) -- This Message sent by: ^==^ / \ William Davies / \ Total Triumph Enthusiast __ __________________ __ / \ __; /html/triumphs/1999-12/msg00379.html (8,384 bytes)
18. Re: Imperial vs Metric (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 21:32:21 -0600; Let me give you a hint: "Will the Circle be Unbroken?" Bob; /html/triumphs/1999-12/msg00414.html (7,758 bytes)

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