on 2004-06-01 01.36, Stephen Gallagher at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I would say a 10 m pole, and I usually do. > > Similarly, in the telecom industry in Canada > and the US, a familiar expression is to say that > the local telephone provider provides "the last mile" > of connectivity between the customer's premise, > and the local phone central office, even if the > customer has purchased the service from a different telephone provider. > > Instead of saying "the last mile", I always say, > "the last kilometer". It doesn't matter if most people > still say "the last mile", or not. > Dear Stephen,
I usually say 'the last metre'. In my limited experience of electronics, it seems to me that electrons have quite a lot of trouble jumping across most gaps � unless you push them really hard! Cheers, Pat Naughtin LCAMS Geelong, Australia --
