Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 03:42:38 +0000 From: Pooh Bear <rabbitsfriendsandrelationsnospamail.com> Subject: Re: 9-5 petrol mileage?
Matt O'Toole wrote: > Gary Fritz wrote: > > > The original poster was most likely in the US, since he asked about > > "sedans and wagons" rather than "saloons and estates," so I'd say > > answering in the same dialect would be most appropriate and polite. > > > > Whereas nitpicking on peoples' perfectly reasonable posts would be > > considered inappropriate and impolite. > > Doesn't bother me -- it says more about the nitpicker than the nitpickee. > > Thanks to all who responded in earnest. Apologies for any unnecessary offence caused. I was having a 'bad day' and it showed. Part of the 'bad day' involved a US electronics data sheet that was exclusively in 'British' units - not to mention some very obscure units that are exclusive to the USA like 'square mils' and AWG - sorry - 'formerly British units' ( as opposed to nice metric units that make equations about 1/3 the size) - we've metricated here now for engineering and much else for many decades - well after a fashion at least - lol ! I still quite like inches and feet for 'everyday ' measurements since thay are kinda 'tangible' convenient sizes. Engineering is another story. Doing conversions between 'irrational units' is simply a pain in the arse and nearly put me off physics - luckily the MKS sytem ( almost the same as SI ) came to the rescue and physics became my strongest subject. Cheers, Graham
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