I wish I could have been a fly on a palmetto leaf when you said that,
Jim!
Would have been interesting to see, after their double-take, their
response to the following: "Well, The 1988 amendment to the Metric
Conversion Act of 1975 states that the metric system is the preferred
system of measurement for trade in the United States. I just assumed it
was also true for law enforcement as well."
I don't have a chance to try that until 2007---Texas driver's licenses
are valid for SEVEN YEARS!
("My federal legislature is the Congress of the United States, and the
Congress says..." Nyuk,nyuk, nyuk.")
"James R. Frysinger" wrote:
>
> I recently renewed my SC Driver's License. When asked for my height I
> replied, "One point eight three meters". Do you all recall the E.F.
> Hutton ads? The place became immediately silent, the clerk stopped
> chewing her gum, stared at me, and dropped her jaw so far that the gum
> almost fell out. We ascertained that she needed that in feet and she
> obviously couldn't convert, so I told her I was 6 ft tall, which she
> recorded. When asked about my weight, I said, "I suppose you want that
> in pounds?" She agreed, with a look on her face that indicated she
> didn't want to ask what the alternative was.
>
> Since a driver's license is essential for me, I had to provide that data
> in feet in pounds. Alas!
>
> Jim
>
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