Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- --------------B51FE0382A80FF3A859BCB0B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Buzz Hausner wrote: > For those who still use a measuring system coming from the Middle > Age :-), an inch is about 25,4 mm. > > 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! Of course that might solve the problem of war and conflict, but who knows.... The Plague could hit us again! Bernard. - --------------B51FE0382A80FF3A859BCB0B Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML> Buzz Hausner wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE><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></BLOCKQUOTE> Of course that might solve the problem of war and conflict, but who knows.... The Plague could hit us again! <P>Bernard. <BR> </HTML> - --------------B51FE0382A80FF3A859BCB0B--