I was glad to hear liters used in the State of the Union address with no FFU translation, but I'm puzzled about one thing. The President kept referring to things called "nucular weapons." Are those different from nuclear weapons? Also, do we have nucular submarines in addition to our nuclear submarines? -- Jason
----- Original Message ----- From: kilopascal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 8:07 PM Subject: [USMA:24664] Re: State of the Union > 2003-01-29 > > Don't forget, that litres sounds like a lot more then its equivalents in > gallons. It GWB is going to impress in your head the seriousness of Iraq's > "badness", he has to scare you with BIG numbers. > > BTW, it is 25 000 L and 38 000 L. There are no commas in the number string, > just a space. > > John > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nat Hager III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, 2003-01-28 22:07 > Subject: [USMA:24661] State of the Union > > > > W. quoted on Saddam, in his State of the Union speech: > > > > "25,000 Liters of Anthrax" > > "38,000 Liters of Botulin" > > > > Come on media, don't "translate" it, just report it as the President > said... > > > > Nat > > >
