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Subject:	Re: FS : Mars promo sets
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date:	Wed, 6 Oct 1999 04:18:29 GMT
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Matthew Miller wrote: > Mookie <Mookie1@worldnet.att.net> wrote: > > Metric is bigger than Imperial.. a 2 liter soda bottle holds more per > > "ounce" than a 2 quart bottle... same with a gallon of milk.. 4 quarts > > is less than 4 liters. > > Saying that one of the systems is bigger or smaller than the other is > meaningless. A meter is bigger than a foot, but smaller than a yard. <nitpick> It's not. A meter is a little over 39 inches; a yard is 36. A furlong maybe? Something perhaps for us to fathom (please, no, don't send me to lugnet.off-topic.pun!)... </nitpick> (Actually, this just shows how confusing it is. Fortunately, all of my engines' thrust is measured in a consistent unit. ;) ) LFB.

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		Re: FS : Mars promo sets
yes, i know. see my other post. (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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		Re: FS : Mars promo sets
(...) Saying that one of the systems is bigger or smaller than the other is meaningless. A meter is bigger than a foot, but smaller than a yard. And _my_ foot is the same length, no matter what you measure it with. [1] It's just a matter of (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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