Hi Jim I read the book 'The Bear and the Dragon' by Tom Clancy. He used both SI and FFU. Wherever Russia & China is involved he used SI and for USA its FFU.
I felt annoyed. But its an excellent book. That book should have been completed by 1999. I guess the Red Rabbit is a latese 1. Madan --- Jim Elwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 08:10:42 -0600 > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: Jim Elwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [USMA:21809] Red Rabbit > > I'm about half way through Tom Clancy's latest > novel, Red Rabbit. I've > noticed that (so far, at least) he uses metric units > exclusively in this > book (distances mostly). His main character, a CIA > agent working in England > with the British intelligence, uses a shredder to > destroy a document by > shredding it into "2 cm by 2 cm pieces." > > Makes me wonder how much "feel" for metric Clancy > has -- my $100 economy > shredder does a much better job than that. I would > think the CIA could > afford better! > > > Jim Elwell, CAMS > Electrical Engineer > Industrial manufacturing manager > Salt Lake City, Utah, USA > www.qsicorp.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com
