I'd love to see the size of your office! :-)
> From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [USMA:46987] Re: Where's the common sense in this?? > Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:29:00 +0100 > > > When I had to replace my broken down CRT-monitor last autumn I bought a 24 > foot (24') flat screen monitor! LOL! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carleton MacDonald" <[email protected]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, 2010, March 27 5:07 > Subject: [USMA:46986] Re: Where's the common sense in this?? > > > > > > Oh, you shop at Costco, too! > > > > Carleton > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > > Of Brian White > > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 22:24 > > To: U.S. Metric Association > > Subject: [USMA:46984] Re: Where's the common sense in this?? > > > > > > Like the 454 kg of mayonaise I bought one time. Or the 227 kg of cheese. > > :) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stephen Humphreys <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 20:29 > > To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> > > Subject: [USMA:46982] Re: Where's the common sense in this?? > > > > > > Yes we have 'Tonka' over here - I remember having one! > > John - I would have thought you would recognise a mistake like this (33")? > > And the fact that most - if not all - people would recognise what they > > really meant? Of all the signs on our roads one measure mistake is not > > bad > > going (and just a little ' to boot!). > > A worse mistake is in Wales - where someone from the signs department > > emailed a Welsh clerk who's job it was to offer back the Welsh > > translation. > > Unfortunately this Welsh clerk was on holiday and had a 'out of office' > > message in Welsh - a translation of which was something like 'In my > > absence > > please email .... etc'. That message ended up on the road sign!! (I > > believe I am accurate in the story - its on the BBC news website > > somewhere). > > Anyway - back to the topic - it was a mistake - and I would immediately > > understand that they meant 33 feet knowing instinctively that 33 inches > > would be a very small vehicle. > > I think they should have thought harder before presenting the story the > > way > > they did. > > > > Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:08:55 -0700 > > From: [email protected] > > Subject: [USMA:46981] Re: Where's the common sense in this?? > > > > > > > > [The entire original message is not included] > > > _________________________________________________________________ Do you have a story that started on Hotmail? Tell us now http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/
