From: scott s. <75270_3703a@csi.com>
>Thomas Jefferson was interested in the scientific aspects
>of this problem, and was tasked by US Congress in 1790
>to report on it.
Too bad he pulled the plug on the US delegation to the metric congress.
Then again, the British didn't pay much attention to it back then, either,
judging by the fact that all the fasteners on my Triumph are measured in
inches.
Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L
LOON, MAC pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/
"It makes a nice noise when it goes faster"
- 4-year-old Adam, upon seeing a bitmap of Grandma Susie's TR4.
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