To: | "mgs@autox.team.net" <mgs@autox.team.net> |
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Subject: | Re: [Mgs] bad clutch or? |
From: | David Breneman via Mgs <mgs@autox.team.net> |
Date: | Wed, 29 May 2019 20:59:43 +0000 (UTC) |
Delivered-to: | mharc@autox.team.net |
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On Wednesday, May 29, 2019, 4:34:56 AM PDT, Dan DiBiase via Mgs <mgs@autox.team.net> wrote: > On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 10:18 PM Robert's New iPad via Mgs > <mgs@autox.team.net> wrote: > > It had been installed ten years and 30M miles ago. > 30 million miles is decent wear for an MG clutch, I'd say..... ;-) Years ago, when I worked for Tacoma Screw Products, they were still using a card catalog to keep track of their warehouse stock. You'd frequently see the quantity of a keg of, say, 1/4" hex nuts written as "10M" meaning 10 thousand. When I asked "Why isn't that a K?" it was explained to me that since "M" was the Roman numeral for 1000, the notation made total sense. I think it's a practice specific to the hardware industry, dating from before WWII. _______________________________________________ Mgs@autox.team.net Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html Suggested annual donation $12.75 Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/mgs http://autox.team.net/archive Unsubscribe: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/mgs/mharc@autox.team.net |
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