Metric/inchy RE: Amorpholphallus titanum pollen request

From: Krzysztof Kozminski kk at kozminski.com> on 2002.04.24 at 02:59:28(8619) On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Wilbert Hetterscheid wrote: > Now THIS is interesting! See how easy it is to make "miscalculations" when > the equations between the different entities in your systems make no > sense!!!!!!! HAH!! Got you there, non-metric sorry creatures!!!!!! Heh, heh, this is completely off-topic, but you're still lucky that this 14 stone tuber weighs exactly 14 stones. But, for example, in the US, the 1/2-inch thick plywood is really 31/64 inches thick, and a 2-by-4 inch piece of wood is really 1.5 by 3.5 inches, unless it is rough 2x4, in which case it is exactly 2x4 :-) KK +More ==================== "Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity" Krzysztof Kozminski kk@kozminski.com http://www.kozminski.com/

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