Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. - ------ =_NextPart_001_01BED82C.57774C40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Buzz Hausner wrote:=20 =A0=20 For those who still use a measuring system coming from the Middle=20 Age :-), an inch is about 25,4 mm.=20 Oh, come now!=A0 The metric system is responsible more than anything = for the decline of civilization since the Napoleonic Era.=A0 If we resurrect = the firkin, rood, and fortnight and dump those silly metric measures peace = and prosperity would spread across the world and every photographer could = afford Leica lenses! =A0=20 I suppose you guys still measure speed in furlongs per fortnight.=20 Regards Horst Schmidt=A0=A0=20 =A0 ...and fathom that! =A0=A0=A0 Buzz Hausner=20 =A0=20 =A0=20 - ------ =_NextPart_001_01BED82C.57774C40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.3616.1301"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Buzz Hausner wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE = CITE> <P><FONT size=-1>For those who still use a measuring system coming from the Middle</FONT> <BR><FONT size=-1>Age :-), an inch is about 25,4 mm.</FONT> <P><FONT size=-1>Oh, come now! The metric system is responsible more than anything for the decline of civilization since the Napoleonic Era. If we resurrect the firkin, rood, and fortnight and dump those silly metric measures peace and prosperity would spread across the world and every photographer could afford Leica lenses!</FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE> <BR>I suppose you guys still measure speed in furlongs per fortnight. <P>Regards Horst Schmidt <SPAN class=280263312-27071999><FONT color=#0000ff face="Book Antiqua" size=3> </FONT></SPAN> <P><SPAN class=280263312-27071999><FONT color=#0000ff face="Book Antiqua" size=3></FONT></SPAN> </P> <P><SPAN class=280263312-27071999><FONT color=#0000ff face="Book Antiqua" size=3>...and fathom that!</FONT></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN class=280263312-27071999><FONT color=#0000ff face="Book Antiqua" size=3> Buzz Hausner </FONT></SPAN><BR> <BR> </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> - ------ =_NextPart_001_01BED82C.57774C40--