On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 12:02:12 -0700, Jim Kelley
wrote:



Gene Nygaard wrote:
Up there in the Great White North, they use those dinky little
"litres" where it takes 4.54609 of them to make a gallon, rather than
the man-sized liters we have, which only take 3.785411784 to make a
gallon. ;-)

I suspect it's not the litre which is different, but the gallon which is
different. The British Imperial Gallon occupies 277.4 in^3, while the
gallon you're thinking of occupies 231 in^3.

Oh, good grief. Don't tell me the Canucks use different cubic inches
too, and don't even distinguish them with the spelling like they do
for "litres" vs. "liters"!

Are you ready for your next assignment, Sherlock? I'm wondering if
you'd be willing to take on another job for me. Do you suppose you
could help me track down a missing wink? Apparently there was one
that didn't show up on your newsreader--they look something like
this-- ;-)

What's your opinion of converting US speedometers from miles/hr to
furlongs/fortnight?

I think you'd be one of those guys who try to talk the talk, without
having learned how to walk the walk. You've never actually calculated
any speeds in furlongs per fortnight yourself, have you?

Gene Nygaard
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Gene_Nygaard/