[Roadsters] Ten how much? (was "FW: Send pics.")

[Gary McCormick]

For millimeters, mm would be lowercase.

Always preferred metric for physics problems involving mass,  
acceleration, etc., in college -- but when I worked as a machinist I  
hated metric -- the thread system is the worst compared to English  
measure.

Gary McCormick
San Jose, CA

On May 30, 2013, at 10:55 PM, Pete Peters wrote:

> Metric is sooooooooo easy. In 1989, there was still one speed limit  
> sign in
> kilometers going over the Likelike Hwy on O'hau, HI. Wonder if it's  
> still
> there. Anyway....
>
> Other than Roman numerals, I have never seen "MM" stand for  
> anything other
> than millimeters. Had to Google it to learn that MM is a correct
> abbreviation.
>
> Pete
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Thompson [mailto:tommy at dcwisp.net]
> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 10:13 PM
> To: Bob Dicke; ppeters914 at comcast.net; 'Datsun Roadster List'
> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] FW: Send pics.
>
> The US is the only industrialized country on the planet that  
> doesn't use the
> metric system (something we have in common with Burma and Liberia),  
> although
> most of us medical doctors use it regularly. It was hilarious when,  
> as a
> college senior working at 7-11 in Lawrence, Kansas in 1974 (and  
> driving the
> only Datsun roadster in town), we switched the gas pumps to liters,
> confusing the ignorant masses beyond belief.  Still, most of us  
> would use
> the metric '$10K' to represent ten thousand dollars, reserving Roman
> numerals only for 'millions' and Mafia talk. Note, however, that  
> while Bob's
> MM is meant to represent one thousand thousand, in Roman numeral  
> speak it's
> actually only two thousand, so $10MM is really only twenty thousand
> dollars.....
> T
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Dicke" <rtdengr at charter.net>
> To: <ppeters914 at comcast.net>; "'Datsun Roadster List'"
> <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 9:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] FW: Send pics.
>
>
>> Ten million would be $10MM
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: datsun-roadsters-bounces at autox.team.net
>> [mailto:datsun-roadsters-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
>> ppeters914 at comcast.net
>> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 5:09 PM
>> To: Datsun Roadster List
>> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] FW: Send pics.
>>
>> It may be immaculate, but $10 million?
>>
>> Pete
>> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Perry Smith <tpsmithstl at yahoo.com>
>> Sender: datsun-roadsters-bounces at autox.team.netDate: Thu, 30 May 2013
>> 13:58:00
>> To: <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
>> Subject: [Roadsters] FW: Send pics.
>>
>> I am forwarding this as a favor to a friend.  The car is located in
>> Fenton, MO
>> - just outside St. Louis.  I have personally seen this car and it
>> looks immaculate.  I know he stored the car in his basement every
>> Winter, so it hasn't even seen the typical bad weather here in  
>> StL.  This
> is a 1600.
>>
>> I have no financial interest in the car and I'm perfectly happy with
>> my 2L, but wanted to let the list know of it before he sends it to  
>> the
>> general community.
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Charles Davis [mailto:daviscw at earthlink.net]
>> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2013 3:04 PM
>> To: Smith, Perry
>> Subject: Fwd: Send pics.
>>
>> The car. If you could let some folks know about it.  105,000 miles.
>> $10m
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