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Re: question about the metric system
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Fri, 3 May 2002 20:36:23 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Fredrik Glöckner writes:
> "Pedro Silva" <el_gordo@netc.pt> writes:
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> > Are you sure about this? I never heard about metric miles - AFAIK,
> > the biggest metric measure is the km; but I may be wrong... Or is
> > this a "non-official" measure? ;-)
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> It is probably a non-official measure, then. It is common in the
> Scandinavian countries.
Oh, I see - we used to have the "Légua", which ranged from 5 to 25 km.
> Personally, I think that litres of petrol
> consumption per 10 km is a bad measure, as it always amounts to point
> something with modern cars. It would have been better to use litres
> per 100 km, as in Australia.
We use that - you don't? I thought the EU had a directive about it (they do
about *everything* else.. ;-)
Pedro (who illegally used a wooden spoon to cook dinner tonight - thanks, EU!)
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