Date:         Mon, 30 Jan 2006 23:32:06 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Metric this, metric that
Comments: To: Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
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Did not all this metric business begin when someone measured the
distance from  the equator to the north pole, and arbitrarily divided
the distance into a certain number of parts, one of which was designated
a meter. . And now isn't the basis for the system of metric measurement
the length of the sine wave of the vibrational frequency of the Cesium
atom??

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

]Kim Brennan wrote:

> Okay, for all you folk that are so high on converting to the metric
> system....what's the pressure in your tires? Uh, huh. What's that PSI
> thing again?
>
> So, let's see would that be 2.75 bar in my tires...or 3.3 when fully
> loaded. Bah, let's use hectopascals instead. 2750 or 3300 (roughly).
>
> Hmm, I wonder where I can get a tire gauge that measures in
> hectopascals.
>
>