RE: Roc turns 190,000 miles!

[Brian Honnold <bhonnold@pac-cap.com>]

On Friday, August 21, 1998 2:16 PM, Chris Cuzner 
[SMTP:cuznerc@doculink.com] wrote:
> At 11:09 PM 8/20/98 -0800, you wrote:
>
> >> Just as a side note (don't want to smash you or anything Shawn), My 
'87
> >> Jetta GL Diesel jus' turned over 460 000Kms a few days ago ;) .. The 
shocks
> >
> >Errr... wait... I understood Shawn's message. 190,000 miles. Yes, that 
makes
> >sense. But this one... there's something weird about it... what the hell
> is a
> >"Kms"? Is that more or less than 190,000 miles? Just wondering...
>
> ARGH!!! .. Can you yanks please learn SOME metric?? .. I mean we
> (Canadians) all know imperial as well as we do metric, we jus' choose to
> use metric, because it makes more sense..
>
> David: 1mi = 2.2Kms, ergo, 460 000Kms = ~210 000mi
>
> Sorry if i'm bitchy about this, it happens alot..
>
> Chris Cuzner (cuznerc@gilmore.ca)
> File Management (Data Center)
> Gilmore Global Logistic Services
> --


I'd say us Yanks are doing ok.  The entire world is required to learn 
english in school and all you Canadians learn our measuring system.  Not 
bad for a bunch of immigrants.

Brian Honnold
'78 Rocco Ragtop
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