Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: gm-cm to oz/inches conversion?

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From: <e.heritage@...>

> It's just as bad for me! All I ever use is metric so . Wasn't there some
big mistake recently where a probe was given it's co-ordinates in imperial
by one team and then metric by the other... darn conversions. I bet that was
embarrasing for them.
> 'So... what's our 30 million dollars worth of probe found this week? I
hope it's good, it'll be the only one we can afford to send this year.'
> 'Well... erm... err... I sort of lost it sir.'

I must admit to using metric more than anything else but I find anything
other than grams and millimetres a bit hard to remember - especially, for
some reason, those measurements which are named after a person!

As to the space program, I heard that NASA has just landed a vehicle on an
asteroid - so what were they really aiming for??? ;o)

Ian
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Ian W. Wright
Sheffield UK
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