Molto buono! Bravo, Leonardo! Jim Leonardo Boselli wrote: .... > Just for your info: on thursay 31 may 2001 i was travelling by train > between Firenze and Pisa (Italy, Europe) while 6 out the other 7 > places in my compartment were occuped by a group of north > American people, just unboarded by a cruise ship. They were > planning a visit to a museum inm firenze, then coming back to the > ship in Livorno. > One of them asked me if they could visit the cathedral plce in pisa, > and how much far was from the station. > I replied that there is a station nearby, but at the time the woul > have been back there were no direct services, so they would have > had a faster trip by bus. They said that even walking was ok, and > asked how much far was. I replied "about 1800 meters". They > looked at me in a strange way, then i repeated a "1 point 8 > kilometer"again strange scrutinizing looks, so one of them told me > "THEY do not understand meters ... kan you tell in another unit ?" > I just told "About 6000 ft" that would have been the more "rational" > conversion. > They bagan to look again themselves until one began to think with > lod voice ... > "well, there are 3 ft to one yd ... "and asked to another one "how > many yards in a mile ?" no one was able to answer this question > .... So in turn they asked me ... "how much far ... in minutes ???" > I refused to reply since someone could need just 10 minutes, other > would need up to 30 minutes , and of course when I asked how > much fast was thir pace no one was able to give me a speed , > wheter it was in m/s km/h or mph ! > Leonardo Boselli > Firenze > http://freedom.dicea.unifi.it/~leo/toscana -- Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789
