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

[Jim Allen]

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 at contesting.com> wrote:
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> Our "American" system was always referred to the English system in the schools I attended.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary J FollettDukes HiFi <dukeshifi at comcast.net>
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tue, Apr 26, 2016 8:25 am
> Subject: [TenTec] Response to Rick about Imperial (BSA) Standards
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> Rick: 
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> 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! 
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> 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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