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Jim why do you take it so personal ?
Would this world be full of flowers if we only had the same language
same curency
same measurements look at this mess :
Kilometer , mile ,Bars ,psi , nautical mile , inches centimeters , inch
, pounds , kilos
DIN , Yoke , Pind , Liter , Ounce , feet , 3/4 , m25 , cents , pessos ,
dolars , Euro,
110v -220v bla bla bla bla
Mmm probably im not to busy in the ofice today
Manos
Cobber wrote:
>OK smartass, show me the pictures of a commie on the moon holding up a
>hammer and sickle flag up and hitting a golf ball and I will kiss your ass
>in Macy's window. Now go back to your pussy weenie-ass centimeters and I
>will go back to my massive, manly inches and kick your metric asses every
>time.
>
>The fact is it does not matter what unit you use to measure the distance
>from point A to point B. All we would be doing by going metric is making it
>easier for the EU to rip off American innovation and call it their own. The
>dumb-ass Limeys fell for that metric crap and look what happened to them.
>And need I even mention Canada?
>
>Look what happened when we send that Mars lander to the moon. Everything was
>working great until some metric-ized genius decided to use the "superior"
>metric system and look what happened.
>
>It takes real brains to figure out eights and sixteenths, the metric system
>makes you dull and slovenly.
>
> Jim
>
>>From: "Thomas Kleemann (EED)" <Thomas.Kleemann@ee*.er*.se*>
>>Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 10:04:13 +0200
>>To: "'Jim Cobb'" <cobber@ci*.co*>
>>Cc: techdiver <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
>>Subject: RE: Metric vs. Imperial
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>
>>>From: Jim Cobb [mailto:cobber@ci*.co*]
>>>
>>>Screw the rest of the world. The rest of the world should be following *our*
>>>lead and drop the metric system.
>>>
>>>I'll tell you what, when one of you metric sons of bitches land on the moon
>>>with a metric spaceship, then I'll switch.
>>>
>>Nice rant, Jim!
>>
>>But, you're 30 years late,
>>the Lunakhod moonwalker was metric.
>>
>>And that's only _Russian_, not DIR ;-)
>>
>>/Thomas.
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Rgds Manos Manoli
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www.smiley.cy.net/cytech
Amount of quality dive time means far more , than any
number of dives and any number of C-cards.
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Jim why do you take it so personal ?<br>
<br>
<br>
Would this world be full of flowers if we only had the same language same
curency<br>
same measurements look at this mess :<br>
<br>
Kilometer , mile ,Bars ,psi , nautical mile , inches centimeters , inch ,
pounds , kilos<br>
DIN , Yoke , Pind , Liter , Ounce , feet , 3/4 , m25 , cents , pessos , dolars
, Euro,<br>
110v -220v bla bla bla bla<br>
<br>
Mmm probably im not to busy in the ofice today<br>
<br>
<br>
Manos<br>
<br>
<br>
Cobber wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:B7B8EDF1.54%25cobber@ci*.co*">
<pre wrap="">OK smartass, show me the pictures of a commie on the moon
holding up a<br>hammer and sickle flag up and hitting a golf ball and I will
kiss your ass<br>in Macy's window. Now go back to your pussy weenie-ass
centimeters and I<br>will go back to my massive, manly inches and kick your
metric asses every<br>time.<br><br>The fact is it does not matter what
unit you use to measure the distance<br>from point A to point B. All we
would be doing by going metric is making it<br>easier for the EU to rip off
American innovation and call it their own. The<br>dumb-ass Limeys fell for
that metric crap and look what happened to them.<br>And need I even mention
Canada?<br><br>Look what happened when we send that Mars lander to the
moon. Everything was<br>working great until some metric-ized genius decided
to use the "superior"<br>metric system and look what
happened.<br><br>It takes real brains to figure out eights and
sixteenths, the metric system<br>makes you dull and sloven
ly.<br><br> Jim<br><br></pre>
<blockquote type="cite">
<pre wrap="">From: "Thomas Kleemann (EED)" <a
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:Thomas.Kleemann@ee*.er*.se*"><Thomas.Kleemann@eed.ericsson.se>
;</a><br>Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 10:04:13 +0200<br>To: "'Jim Cobb'"
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:cobber@ci*.co*"><cobber@cisatlantic.com></a><br>Cc:
techdiver <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:techdiver@aquanaut.com"><techdiver@aquanaut.com></a><br
>Subject: RE: Metric vs. Imperial<br><br>-----Original
Message-----<br></pre>
<blockquote type="cite">
<pre wrap="">From: Jim Cobb [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:cobber@ci*.co*">mailto:cobber@cisatlantic.com</a>]<br><br>
Screw the rest of the world. The rest of the world should be following
*our*<br>lead and drop the metric system.<br><br>I'll tell you what,
when one of you metric sons of bitches land on the moon<br>with a metric
spaceship, then I'll switch.<br><br></pre>
</blockquote>
<pre wrap="">Nice rant, Jim!<br><br>But, you're 30 years
late,<br>the Lunakhod moonwalker was metric.<br><br>And that's only
_Russian_, not DIR ;-)<br><br>/Thomas.<br>--<br>Send mail for the
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Rgds Manos Manoli
Limassol-Cyprus
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.smiley.cy.net/cytech">www.smiley.cy.net/cytech</a>
Amount of quality dive time means far more , than any
number of dives and any number of C-cards.
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