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Metric vs fractional



A Frenchman, it was originally 1/50,000 of the distance from Paris to the
north pole IIRC.
John

L F wrote:

> Well....who ever came up with the meter?????
> Give me the English system.
> (and I, also, have wondered why the metric world uses 13", 14", 15", etc
> wheels/tires....I mean c'mon; 195mm wide tires by 15"???)
> Larry
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Pieper" <rapieper@yahoo.com>
> To: "John Van Vuren" <veedublu@prod.net>; "L F" <rocco16v@netzero.net>;
> "John Lagnese" <jlagnese@massed.net>; "The List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 4:53 PM
> Subject: Re: Metric vs fractional
>
> > --- John Van Vuren <veedublu@prod.net> wrote:
> > > The real question - we went to metric tire sizing (195mm wide,
> > > etc)...  how
> > > come wheels are still measured in inches??   With metric offset
> > > measurments???    :)
> >
> > Yeah...and how come you buy fuel in gallons in England but count
> > distance in miles?
> >
> > And how come Levi's are sold all over the world in inches?
> >
> > And who ever came up with the dumb old inch anyway?  What a silly
> > system of measurement we have here.
> >
> > =====
> > Cheapass Ron
>
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