Re: pricing in liters

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Post #183,035 by jb4 11/5/04 10:02:49 AM Reply	Re: pricing in liters Are you outcherfukinmind?!? We were this close [/me pinches fingers some 5 mm apart] to going completely metric in the 80's. Guess what? "We" elected a brain-dead xenophobic cowboy who couldn't understand the concept of a liter, a kilogram, or a kilometer. Compare and contrast that with today, where "we" have just elected a brain-dead xenophobic cowboy who can't understand the concept of a liter, a kilogram, or a kilometer. YKMV (Your Kilometerage May Vary) jb4 shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub* + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf.* BULLSHIT
Post #183,039 by drewk 11/5/04 10:13:37 AM Reply	On word usage We still talk about "dialing" phones, though most people under 21 have never seen a rotary phone. Does the rest of the english-speaking, metric-using world still use the term "milage" even though they no longer use miles? === Implicitly condoning stupidity since 2001.
Post #183,042 by jbrabeck 11/5/04 10:20:32 AM Reply	YKMV OT: While stationed in GY, I found that vehicles were not rated by mileage (how many miles per gallon) but by how many liters per 100 kilometers. Simple stated: US how far on per unit of fuel GY how much fuel for a specific distance. A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
Post #183,055 by drewk 11/5/04 10:49:40 AM Reply	That's more directly useful If I know my drive to work is 50 km each way, I know without doing a conversion what that's going to cost me. === Implicitly condoning stupidity since 2001.

the political and the personal - (rcareaga) - (44) - Nov. 3, 2004, 08:34:28 PM EST

Badly. - (imric) - (1) - Nov. 3, 2004, 08:44:22 PM EST

I'm afraid I have to agree with imric - (jb4) - Nov. 4, 2004, 06:49:22 PM EST

thats why we have liquor stores and gun shows, no pesky - (daemon) - Nov. 3, 2004, 08:53:04 PM EST

I didn't think much would change either way. - (Another Scott) - Nov. 3, 2004, 08:55:11 PM EST

Surprise - (bepatient) - (1) - Nov. 3, 2004, 09:22:48 PM EST

Zell Miller - (rcareaga) - Nov. 3, 2004, 09:37:37 PM EST

I am not disappointed - (Silverlock) - (4) - Nov. 3, 2004, 09:45:51 PM EST

And that is ridiculous - (bepatient) - (3) - Nov. 4, 2004, 07:43:44 AM EST

You need to put the crank pipe down Bill -NT - (Silverlock) - (2) - Nov. 4, 2004, 09:00:57 AM EST

Golf.. golf can do this to an otherwise functioning mind -NT - (Ashton) - (1) - Nov. 11, 2004, 09:44:40 PM EST

Shame I didn't get to play much - (bepatient) - Nov. 12, 2004, 07:47:07 AM EST

I'm coping - (Nightowl) - Nov. 3, 2004, 09:50:51 PM EST

Well, I'm wondering if I should develop an interest in... - (a6l6e6x) - Nov. 3, 2004, 10:11:18 PM EST

Drained. - (inthane-chan) - (2) - Nov. 3, 2004, 10:22:38 PM EST

Sorry 'bout your birthday, Thane :-( -NT - (jb4) - (1) - Nov. 4, 2004, 06:52:14 PM EST

Eh, no biggie - fetal position is comfortable. :D -NT - (inthane-chan) - Nov. 4, 2004, 06:53:47 PM EST

I see the two-party system as a pendulum - (FuManChu) - (2) - Nov. 4, 2004, 12:49:44 AM EST

Re: I see the two-party system as a pendulum - (inthane-chan) - Nov. 4, 2004, 11:21:19 AM EST

Yep, it's the pits -NT - (deSitter) - Nov. 4, 2004, 11:34:29 AM EST

Anticipating the destruction of the last super power - (tuberculosis) - (10) - Nov. 4, 2004, 01:00:17 AM EST

Yes, but a slow one. Maybe in my life but not within 4 years -NT - (FuManChu) - Nov. 4, 2004, 01:16:19 AM EST

Re: foreign oil dependence. - (mmoffitt) - (8) - Nov. 4, 2004, 09:55:30 AM EST

Eliminate dependence on foreign oil with this - (tuberculosis) - (7) - Nov. 4, 2004, 10:46:37 PM EST

Another solution. - (Another Scott) - (6) - Nov. 4, 2004, 11:11:32 PM EST

I've suggested the tax idea in the past. - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - Nov. 4, 2004, 11:33:34 PM EST

Several things happened at once in the 1970s. - (Another Scott) - Nov. 4, 2004, 11:47:00 PM EST

Re: pricing in liters - (jb4) - (3) - Nov. 5, 2004, 10:02:49 AM EST

On word usage - (drewk) - Nov. 5, 2004, 10:13:37 AM EST

YKMV - (jbrabeck) - (1) - Nov. 5, 2004, 10:20:32 AM EST

That's more directly useful - (drewk) - Nov. 5, 2004, 10:49:40 AM EST

Re: the political and the personal - (deSitter) - Nov. 4, 2004, 01:58:54 AM EST

Ambivalent - (Andrew Grygus) - (5) - Nov. 4, 2004, 03:42:41 AM EST

You make a good point. - (admin) - (4) - Nov. 4, 2004, 10:15:20 AM EST

Oh, Bush isn't going to clean it up. - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - Nov. 4, 2004, 12:30:41 PM EST

Only "another"? - (Yendor) - Nov. 4, 2004, 12:49:15 PM EST

Exactly. - (admin) - (1) - Nov. 4, 2004, 03:22:58 PM EST

{chortle} ..yearning for the Dead Parrot crew to rhapsodize -NT - (Ashton) - Nov. 12, 2004, 08:19:06 PM EST

Re: the political and the personal - (JvlivsCaesar) - (6) - Nov. 5, 2004, 03:30:39 AM EST

deep man, well said -NT - (deSitter) - Nov. 5, 2004, 04:26:17 AM EST

No argument here. -NT - (inthane-chan) - Nov. 5, 2004, 10:48:55 AM EST

Don't be sorry for the neocons... - (jb4) - (3) - Nov. 5, 2004, 04:00:40 PM EST

Re: Don't be sorry for the neocons... - (JvlivsCaesar) - (2) - Nov. 7, 2004, 04:04:55 AM EST

You kidding?!? - (jb4) - Nov. 8, 2004, 02:04:04 PM EST

Thank you for that idea. - (Arkadiy) - Nov. 8, 2004, 05:16:30 PM EST

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