Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/27

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Subject: RE: [Leica] A4, etc
From: Buzz Hausner <Buzz@marianmanor.org>
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 08:34:16 -0400
 
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Buzz Hausner wrote:=20


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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!

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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
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    <P>Buzz Hausner wrote: 
    <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE = CITE>&nbsp; 
        <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!&nbsp; The metric system is responsible 
        more than anything for the decline of civilization since the Napoleonic 
        Era.&nbsp; 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>&nbsp; <BR>I suppose you guys still measure 
    speed in furlongs per fortnight. 
    <P>Regards Horst Schmidt&nbsp;<SPAN class=280263312-27071999><FONT 
    color=#0000ff face="Book Antiqua" size=3>&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN>
    <P><SPAN class=280263312-27071999><FONT color=#0000ff face="Book Antiqua" 
    size=3></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</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>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Buzz Hausner </FONT></SPAN><BR>&nbsp; <BR>&nbsp; 
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