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

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In article <1995Oct17.094417@cantva>,
Peter Metcalfe <P.Metcalfe@student.canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
>In article, M.Fee@irl.cri.nz (Mike Fee) writes:
>> [snip]
>>
>> Thus Wayn: "kilometre" is 1000 metres - or about 6/10 miles for the
>> metrically challenged; ...
>
>What are they smoking at Industrial Research?
>
>A kilometre is 5/8th of a mile.

You're both wrong! A km is 1/10 of a (swedish) mile.....

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