Re: Metric Time (was Re: Why not 13 months? (Was La Systeme Metrique))

Bob Casanova (cas@ops1.bwi.wec.com)
Mon, 9 Oct 1995 12:15:16 GMT

In article <459uep$14pg@hearst.cac.psu.edu> hunt@mph124.rh.psu.edu (Matthew Hunt) writes:
>From: hunt@mph124.rh.psu.edu (Matthew Hunt)
>Subject: Re: Metric Time (was Re: Why not 13 months? (Was La Systeme Metrique))
>Date: 9 Oct 1995 01:38:33 GMT

>jrhodes@pupgg.princeton.edu wrote:

>> grams to kilos) to compare prices. I bet even you, if you were
>> intelligent enough to get a drivers license, might want to
>> convert driving distances to driving times. It is all easier in
>> metric.

>On the highway, it takes about a minute to drive a mile. Too hard?

If the traffic ahead of you is averaging 47mph (rush hour), your mile/minute
means you'll need a 4WD...

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