From: "Gary Wiltshire" 

On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 09:41:35 -0500, Bill Lucy  wrote:

> In article , gaw{at}sover.net
> says...
>> >> And it's 9.8. 
>> >> --
>> >> Regards,
>> >> Dave Ings,
>> >> Toronto, Canada
>> >>
>> >> "Bill Lucy"  wrote in message
>> >> news:MPG.1e85358f99e6ed989896e0{at}news.barkto.com...
>> >> > In article ,
email{at}from_Gary_Britt.org says...
>> >> >> I thought the acceleration of gravity was 9 ft
per sec per sec?
>> Am I
>> >> >> just
>> >> >> remembering this wrong?
>> >> >
>> >> > meters, not feet.
>> >
>> > I was going to put that in, but it was close enough.
>>
>> Put in our units, GB, that's roughly 32 ft/sec/sec.
>
> Yep.
>

I wish we'd get serious about metric, although one thing I DO like about
Fahrenheit is that the range 0-100 closely reflects my comfort range.  I
don't really feel miserable outside unless the temp is outside that range.

I was delighted to find that a button changes my Insight's digital display
 from mph to kph (rather than having to read the tiny kph numbers on the
inside of my speedometer dial on the Civic I had) and from mpg to L/100km. 
Is the latter (liters per one hundred kilometers) really a common way to
measure gas mileage in Metricland?  In any case when I cross the border
into Canada, all I have to do is press a button and my nice big digital
readout is kph.

I wish I were more certain about the weather and head more bucks in my
pocket at the moment.  Roaming around up there would be a nice meaningless
way to celebrate my meaningless 49th birthday.  49, what the hell is that,
7^2?

--
Gary Wiltshire

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