Time to dust it off and try again. Andy Johnson --- Carleton MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm going through all my old stuff and organizing > it. One of the things I > found was a Rand McNally street map of Boston from > the mid-1970's. > > On the back is the following, copied as written*. > Break out the > handkerchiefs and the tissue: > > THE METRIC MEASURE > > Within the next ten years, the United States will > convert to the metric > system of measurement. Feet, inches, miles and > gallons will be out; meters, > centimeters, kilometers and liters will be in. You > may already use 35 mm > film, take milligrammed pills, or ride on metrically > measured tires. > > Length: Basic unit is the meter, about 1.1 yards. > Other common length > units are the millimeter (.04 inch), the centimeter > (.4 inch), and the > kilometer (.62 mile). If your office is 23 miles > from home, you'll be > driving about 37.0 kilometers to get to work. At 50 > miles an hour (or 80.4 > kilometers) the same driving time will apply. Your > speedometer won't show > miles from 0-120, it may show kilometers 0-190. > > Weight: The gram (about the weight of a paper clip) > is the basic unit. > Other units are the kilogram (about 2.2 pounds) and > the metric ton (about > 2,205 pounds). Instead of keeping your tires at 28 > pounds per square inch, > you would keep them at 193 kilopascals (one pound > per square inch equals > 6.895 kilopascals). > > Liquid Measure: The basic unit is a liter. > There'll be no more pints, > quarts or gallons. Instead of 5 gallons, you'll buy > 19 liters; instead of > 10 gallons, 38 liters; and if you fill your standard > 20-gallon tank, you'll > get 76 liters. Instead of 4 quarts of motor oil, > you'd get 3.8 liters, > since one quart equals .946 liters. > > *yes, there are some errors in numeration (naked > decimal points) and usage > (gram as basic unit). The content and not the nits > are what is important > here. > > > What could have been. > > Carleton >
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