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

[Gary Follett]

Only if you drive a Yugo...

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> On Apr 26, 2016, at 8:16 AM, Jim Allen <jim.allen at longhornband.net> wrote:
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> I thought the "English" system measured speed in furlongs per fortnight.
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> 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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