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Re: Erik leaves home and goes many miles
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lugnet.castle
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Tue, 15 Feb 2000 22:13:05 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
> > James Howse wrote:
> > > Yes there will be pictures I promise. ATM I'm some 100 kilometers (160
> > > miles for the metrically impared) from most of my lego so pictures will
> > > have to wait.
> > I may not use metric on a regular basis, but I'm not so metrically
> > impaired as to not see a problem with the above (if you are metrically
> > impaired, just look at your speedometer tonight and see what the problem
> > with the above is).
> ;-) Mainly that 160 km are 100 miles, not the opposite...
> (and yes, I used to use the metric system regularly, until moving to the
> 'let's do it our way' US... :)
Oops! Well I guess that would make me imperically impared
So it would be 65ish miles. I'm sorry but for me that's not so big a distance.
Is that because I don't live with miles or is it just to do with the number
involved.
James from Oz
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 | | Re: Erik leaves home and goes many miles
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| (...) I suspect that Australia is somewhat like the USA in that respect. "In Europe, 100 miles is a long way. In America, 100 years is a long time." I suppose it's just what you're used to. I suspect that in Legoland, even one mile (scale!) is a (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) ;-) Mainly that 160 km are 100 miles, not the opposite... (and yes, I used to use the metric system regularly, until moving to the 'let's do it our way' US... :) -Shiri (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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