Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Americans?
From: "A.H.SCHMIDT" <horsts@primus.com.au>
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 12:08:57 +1000
 
Tim Atherton wrote:

> Over on the RASC List, there are slew of puling Canadians
> > bitching because the US hasn't adopted the metric system.  What
> > business is
> > it of theirs whether we do so or nay?  None.  Zilcho.
>
> Marc,
>
> is that because NASA just lost it's $125 million mars probe because they
> didn't know their metres from their feet and inches?  ;-)
>
> Tim A
>
> (who grew up learning there were 12 pennies in a shilling and 20 shillings
> in a Pound)

Tim, Its because the Americans are the only once to have a  mars probe.  If
you don't have one, you can't loose one.

Regards, Horst Schmidt