Speaking of that...does anyone know what the whole 9/10ths thing is about with fuel prices in the US?
---------- Original Message ----------- From: Paul Trusten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 12:07:33 -0400 Subject: [USMA:26455] Re: A trip to the vet: a study in WOMBAT nihilism > As I gassed up my car last night, I thought: if WOMBAT is supposed > to be so great, why are the gallons divided decimally? Why doesn't > the pump read out in gallons, quarts, pints, fluid ounces, and minims? > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Date: 2003/07/28 Mon PM 09:09:34 EDT > > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [USMA:26449] A trip to the vet: a study in WOMBAT nihilism > > > > Tonight we took our 16 month old cat, Tiger, to the vet for her yearly shots. > > Aside from the fact that she nearly took the doctor out in the process of > > getting them (this cat does NOT like going to the vet), I noted with dismay how > > she was weighed. The scale is electronic, reads in decimal, and has a switch > > that changes between lb and kg. Despite the fact that medicines are dosed by > > kg, the vet's office always weighs in pounds for the benefit of the unwashed. > > > > I asked to have her weight in kg first. 4.16. > > > > Then the girl moved the switch to lb. 9.04. "Nine pounds, four ounces," she > > said. > > > > $%^%$%^%#@@&*!?#**$ > > > > I asked the vet about it. "Oh, that's nine pounds, four ounces," he said. > > > > Wonder what he does when the weight shows 9.27 lb. "Nine pounds, 27 ounces?" > > I doubt it. > > > > The Dumbing Down of America proceeds apace. They don't even know the system > > they claim is familiar to them. Maybe we need a scale that weighs in vulgar > > fractions, like the old stock market figures. > > > > Carleton MacDonald > > <A HREF="www.buzzflash.com">www.buzzflash.com</A> > > > > > > Paul Trusten, R.Ph. > 3609 Caldera Blvd, Apt. 122 > Midland TX 79707-2872 USA > 432-694-6208 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > There are two cardinal sins, from which all the others spring: > impatience and laziness. > > ---Franz Kafka ------- End of Original Message -------
