In a message of  David Drummond (3:640/305{at}fidonet) writes:

BG> Miles?  What the hell are they?  It's 1600 kilometres, if 
BG> you don't mind.  :)

 DD> I _was_ talking to am American.  They don't understand metric you know.

C'mon David, that's like me saying Aussies don't understand our
¨Foot-Pound-Second system.  Many of us understand metric, even if it's not
the ¨country standard. Heck, metric is easier than a system that has three
¨different units of measure called "ounce" (Avoirdupois, Troy and
fluid), two ¨"Mile" (Statute and Nautical) and it goes on,
there's Chains, Rods, Acres...

   Gene Lowry
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