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   tjdestry said, about 1 year ago

   Did a lot of homework on how the digital/analog thing works, did we? Well, at least it makes the “gee, it snowed, so that proves there’s no global warming” guys look a little brighter.

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   PAJ said, about 1 year ago

   The ones that have not converted will be the same ones in June

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   HUMPHRIES said, about 1 year ago

   PAJ, on that point I’ll have to agree.

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   believecommonsense said, about 1 year ago

   paj … i also ditto on this

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   Michael said, about 1 year ago

   Ditto, too- only it will confuse even more people.

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   Michael said, about 1 year ago

   Ditto, too- only it will confuse even more people.

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   curiosity1 said, about 1 year ago

   Then we can get back to converting everyone to the metric system :D

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   HUMPHRIES said, about 1 year ago

   curiosity1, Naw, the metric system is much too simple and too accurate to learn.

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   HUMPHRIES said, about 1 year ago

   oldie, why so slow? That was just me, now my brother-in-law pushes his AUDI between 135 and 165 kmph, depending on how much of a hurry he’s in. 10 kilometers is called “10kilometers”. PS You’d be surprised at how much business is conducted in the metric system,

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    HUMPHRIES said, about 1 year ago

    oldie for Virginia, I’m supposed to believe it?

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    motivemagus said, about 1 year ago

    Actually, contrary to popular belief, the “official” measurement system of the US _is_ the metric system! Not that most people use it, except for buying soda, where it has mysteriously become the norm, while milk is still in quarts and gallons.
    I translate back and forth when in Europe. A kilometer is about 3/5 of a mile, so that’s easy to convert. As for temperature:
    30 is hot (86 F)
    20 is nice (68 F)
    10 is chilly (50 F)
    0 is ice!

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    HUMPHRIES said, about 1 year ago

    motive … may I add: 1 liter of water weighs 1 kilogram, freezes at 0 and boils at 100. Fun note, as a youngster I used to watch coal being loaded aboard ship. Always wondered why the rail road coal cars were annotated with tons and long tons. A long ton is a metric ton(1000 kgs).

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    HUMPHRIES said, about 1 year ago

    oldie, my Dad was a Drivers Ed teacher years ago and used to say the Virginia driver was among the worst. Made a visit a year or so back … things haven’t changed.

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    motivemagus said, about 1 year ago

    Dave Barry on Boston drivers: “In many places, people disobey the laws of the road. In Boston, they disobey the laws of physics.”

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    Brainiak said, about 1 year ago

    I for one drive 55, wear a sweater,have my radio set to NPR and sport a save the Whales bumper sticker on my Yugo….Never had a ticket…..I could go on………………..

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    claudermilk said, about 1 year ago

    mm: LOL. Out here many don’t even acknowledge the laws of physics exist.

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    HUMPHRIES said, about 1 year ago

    Brainiak … are you an exhibition in a museum ?

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    fennec said, about 1 year ago

    I did grin…best comment from Brainiak so far.

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    HUMPHRIES said, about 1 year ago

    oldie let him pull all he wants. I still had trouble envisioning that picture any where but in a museum. Guess this is where that un ordinary human bean comes out in me.

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    Michael said, about 1 year ago

    I’d like to be so “stuck….”