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Date:      Thu, 16 Mar 2000 17:18:07 -0500 (EST)
From:      Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.runet.edu>
To:        Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org>
Cc:        Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Useful Metric Conversions
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003161716490.58779-100000@peloton.runet.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003161207140.31654-100000@moo.sysabend.org>

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Hi Jamie,

On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Jamie Bowden wrote:

> How many people could tell you the english unit of mass?  It's the
> slug for those who are wondering.

Not always - pound is also sometimes used as a english unit of mass.
Engineers....  you probably need to know this if you work at Lockheed.  

(and no I won't explain that reference - go read about various Mars probes
from NASA the last few years).  :-)

Brett
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