>From my experience of working in the oil industry a few years ago, metres tend to be used for North Sea oil wells and feet for US oil wells.
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeremiah MacGregor Sent: 24 January 2009 15:06 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:42434] Re: "Lost" Harry, Is the program American in origin? Does it take place in an American location or is it in a metric country? Jerry _____ From: Harry Wyeth <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 12:17:17 AM Subject: [USMA:42400] "Lost" Maybe a good omen: on tonight's season premiere of the TV show "Lost", there is a scene of miners attempting to drill in a mine. The boss has a discussion of drilling problems that contains multiple references to drilling meters and centimeters. Anyone who watches "Lost" knows that it is all very, very confusing, of course. It's a great show. HARRY WYETH
