Jim Elwell wrote:
>
> 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!
I'm working my way through that one, too, Jim. But what I saw is that
he usss metric units for everything taking place *outside* the USA. For
stuff in the USA he uses only non-metric units! In the UK events, he is
pretty much metric except for the "pint at the pub".
Jim
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