Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 21:12:19 +0200 From: "Huibuh" <no.spamnopsamline.de> Subject: Re: Hi,new here and need opinions.
Ridicilous discussion. First should anyone know that US-citizens use miles to measure distance and not kilometers. Since second a lot of those fellows do not know a lot about the rest of the world, they specify "US-miles" (basically a good idea to receive an useful answer). That third he is talking about landmiles versa nautical miles is obviously (even for a british landsman, arenĄt you?). So it is not necessary to offend someone and furthermore counter productive for a newsgroup. If poeple like you are using such wording it is not very amazing, that most of the worlds population find brits arrogant! Piet "David Taylor" <djtaylornopsamoot.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:MPG.19753cc1305af0149899banopsam.cis.dfn.de... > > The U.S. uses miles to measure distance, not kilometers. In this case, 85K > > is shorthand for 85,000 U.S. miles. That's almost 137,000 kilometers. > > Yeah, I think the point is what a U.S. mile is? > > Isn't it the same as everyone else's mile? > > We know your gallons aren't as big as ours, nor your pints but miles? > :) > > David. in article MPG.19753cc1305af0149899banopsam.cis.dfn.de, David Taylor at djtaylornopsamoot.com wrote on 08/07/2003 21:41: >> The U.S. uses miles to measure distance, not kilometers. In this case, 85K >> is shorthand for 85,000 U.S. miles. That's almost 137,000 kilometers. > > Yeah, I think the point is what a U.S. mile is? > > Isn't it the same as everyone else's mile? > > We know your gallons aren't as big as ours, nor your pints but miles? > :) Nor their brass bands, passion for the simple things in life or appreciation of a good cup of (hot) tea on a hot day :) Paulo <--- Getting "baggy" with The Happy Mondays and dancin' like Bez to the amusement
