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|    TOM WALKER to HOLGER GRANHOLM    |
|    Re: UPS Battery conn.    |
|    22 Dec 15 16:02:00    |
      HG>DS> It's funny that while there is metrics with the ham radio license       HG>DS> exams, and most of the rest of the world uses metrics (including in       HG>DS> meteorology, with things like millibars and degrees celsius), the       HG>DS> U.S. refuses to give up using imperial measurements.              HG>The move towards the metric system in USA has already began, with the       HG>children at school learning it, and young people having recently left       HG>school, or are studying at universitys and high schools, are using it       HG>in their daily life.              HG>It's the older generation that refuse to learn and use it, that are the       HG>block on the road.              Actually there is a great deal of oposition from small manfacturing       facilities becasue of the Cost of Conversion of theri equipment       ---        þ SLMR 2.1a þ 0         * Origin: Check Out Doc's QWK Mail Via Web BBS > DocsPlace.org (1:123/140)    |
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