Ford Falcon? That's an interesting resurrection of a 1960s-era U.S. Ford car model name.
(Only slightly interesting, of course.) Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of Pat Naughtin >Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 15:13 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:28948] RE: Pro metric lobby? > > >Dear Stan, > >A farmer friend had a utility (pick-up?) with a odometer that could be set >to a precision of 0.01 kilometres. It was a Ford Falcon. > >Knowing that each distance interval represented 10 metres, my friend uses >his utility to do rough surveys of his fields and his crops, and >he has also >used it to throw posts and wire off the back of his 'ute' at suitable >intervals for building a post and wire fence. > >Cheers, > >Pat Naughtin LCAMS >Geelong, Australia
