From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

Yes but all those decimals would raise your geek-street-credibility to
incredible new heights!


Antti Kurenniemi
(wow man he could really talk some metric!)

"John Beamish"  wrote in message
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> Metric does have "phrasing" drawbacks.
>
> In metric, I could say to Ellen "I love you 3.523907 dekalitres and
> 88.097675 decilitres" but "a bushel and a peck" has a
nicer rhythm (and a
> pun).
>
>
> "Geo."  wrote in message
news:40961ad5$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > "Hrvoje Mesing"  wrote
in message
> > news:40958650{at}w3.nls.net...
> >
> >
> > ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. (I don't know the metric
> > version but the idea is the same)
> >
> > Geo.
> >
> >
>
>

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