Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
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Of Chris KEENAN
>Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 13:32
>To: U.S.
Metric Association
>Subject: [USMA:27633] RE: Buckingham Palace
story
>
>
>On Thursday 2003 November 20 19:29, Bill Potts
wrote:
>> I'll bet they're in the Palace protocols. Everything is done
with
>> precision.
>>
>> My source for the second
comment is a documentary I saw on the
>state dinner
>> the Queen
gave at Windsor Castle some years ago for Lech Walesa.
>Each
place
>> setting was incredibly precise and someone went along each
side of the
>> incredibly long table with a special measuring stick,
ensuring that every
>> chair was precisely the same distance as all the
others from the table.
>
>If you haven't already seen it, the story
is at
>http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=465448.
The printed version actually had a
>photo of someone doing exactly what
Bill described above.
>
>--
>Chris KEENAN
>UK Metric
Assoc: www.metric.org.uk
>
