[ARC5] Meter. Feet, Pounde etc.,,

[Henry Mei'l's]

It'smeagain.

Did you know that "mind your p's q's" has nothing to do with typesetting and 
confusing letters but
is supposed to have derived from some English law or restriction on 
pubowners and/or pub clientel where they had to mind their pints and quarts. 
Don't remember more details.

Now I'm up to 4 cents.

HM, Cph.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian Wilson" <ianmwilson73 at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio equipment." 
<arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 4:05 AM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Meter. Feet, Pounde etc.,,


> Having been born in the UK to Imperial units, then "decimalized" in the
> 70's,
> coming to the US was, er, interesting. Not only flung back to early base
> 12/20
> arithmetic but have to cope with things like a pint being a different
> measure!
>
> I can understand people using a 'pound' to mean different weights, but 
> when
> you are talking about the standard unit of beer, now, that's something
> else..
>
> I am however grateful for having chosen a field where I have never been
> required
> to work in British Thermal Units.
>
> 73, ian K3IMW
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