Re: [TenTec] Response to Rick about Imperial (BSA) Standards

[Gary Follett <dukeshifi@comcast.net>]

Only if you drive a Yugo...

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> On Apr 26, 2016, at 8:16 AM, Jim Allen <jim.allen@longhornband.net> wrote:
> 
> I thought the "English" system measured speed in furlongs per fortnight.
> 
> 73 de W6OGC Jim Allen 
> 
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>> On Apr 26, 2016, at 07:40, Joe Papworth via TenTec <tentec@contesting.com> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Our "American" system was always referred to the English system in the 
>> schools I attended.
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Gary J FollettDukes HiFi &lt;dukeshifi@comcast.net&gt;
>> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment &lt;tentec@contesting.com&gt;
>> Sent: Tue, Apr 26, 2016 8:25 am
>> Subject: [TenTec] Response to Rick about Imperial (BSA) Standards
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Rick: 
>> 
>> I myself THOUGHT everyone who had graduated from high school knew that the 
>> FPS  
>> units system was devised, over time, in England, NOT in USA! 
>> 
>> Calling the system “American” was never correct and had only become 
>> commonplace  
>> because we are the last place on Earth still using it. 
>> 
>> I guess I overestimated the education system… 
>> 
>> Gary 
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