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People shouldn't practice metric without a license.
Yahoo.sports.uk ^ | 07/22/05 | Perdogg

Posted on 07/22/2005 9:05:23 AM PDT by Perdogg

Check out the profile page, pay close attention to the height. These are some really short racers.


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1 posted on 07/22/2005 9:05:23 AM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Perdogg

I think we should change all our NASCAR measurments to metric because 321.87 kph sounds so much cooler than 200 mph.


2 posted on 07/22/2005 9:10:00 AM PDT by cripplecreek (If you must obey your party, may your chains rest lightly upon your shoulders.)
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Jan ULLRICH | T- MOBILE
Born : 02/12/1973 in Rostock (ex RDA)
Height : 1.83 cm
Weight : 73 kg
Nationality : Germany Pro since : 1995
UCI : 34
Worldcup : TEAM DEUTSCHE TELEKOM
First team :



LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


3 posted on 07/22/2005 9:10:51 AM PDT by MikefromOhio (justitia et fortitudo invincibilia sunt)
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To: MikeinIraq

Almost 3/4 of an inch tall.


4 posted on 07/22/2005 9:13:01 AM PDT by cripplecreek (If you must obey your party, may your chains rest lightly upon your shoulders.)
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To: cripplecreek

I'd like to see the tiny bike he rides at that height...LOL


5 posted on 07/22/2005 9:14:42 AM PDT by ReeWalker (Call me a "Murder"..And expect me to be "nice"...DREAM ON.. I have NO guilt!!!)
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To: cripplecreek

well Lance squashed him like a bug hehe


6 posted on 07/22/2005 9:14:47 AM PDT by MikefromOhio (Proud member of Planet ManRam)
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To: Perdogg; green iguana

Well, Jan Ullrich sure shrunk this Tour :-)


7 posted on 07/22/2005 9:15:54 AM PDT by steveegg (Real torture is taking a ride with Sen Ted "Swimmer" Kennedy in a 1968 Oldsmobile off a short bridge)
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To: cripplecreek; NormsRevenge; glock rocks; tubebender; WestCoastGal; GRRRRR
I think we should change all our NASCAR measurments to metric because 321.87 kph sounds so much cooler than 200 mph.

I don't think so.

8 posted on 07/22/2005 9:16:37 AM PDT by steveegg (Real torture is taking a ride with Sen Ted "Swimmer" Kennedy in a 1968 Oldsmobile off a short bridge)
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To: cripplecreek

He's pretty dense at 73kgs 8>)


9 posted on 07/22/2005 9:16:56 AM PDT by Horatio Gates (Ye olde roadside donuthouse hooligan)
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To: steveegg

LOL..

2 words


go watch drag racing

they run well over 300 .. in mph alone ..

what a ride that would be. wheww!!


10 posted on 07/22/2005 9:18:29 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... "To remain silent when they should protest makes cowards of men." -- THOMAS JEFFERSON)
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To: Horatio Gates

He has a high BMI.


11 posted on 07/22/2005 9:30:01 AM PDT by Perdogg
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To: steveegg
Could you translate that to Pacific Daylight Time?
12 posted on 07/22/2005 9:30:49 AM PDT by tubebender (Growing old is mandatory...Growing up is optional)
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To: steveegg

then you have to change all of the hp to kW.


13 posted on 07/22/2005 9:31:01 AM PDT by Perdogg
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To: steveegg

then you have to change all of the hp to kW.


14 posted on 07/22/2005 9:31:01 AM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Perdogg
He has a high BMI.

And it's a miracle that he's able to run 4th in the Tour with that much density </sarcasm_Franco-German>

15 posted on 07/22/2005 9:31:28 AM PDT by steveegg (Real torture is taking a ride with Sen Ted "Swimmer" Kennedy in a 1968 Oldsmobile off a short bridge)
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To: steveegg

I knew there was a good reason why he can't manage to climb up onto the podium...


16 posted on 07/22/2005 9:34:09 AM PDT by green iguana
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To: Perdogg
<>then you have to change all of the hp to kW.

Hmmm, interesting. It would put the final shovelful of dirt on the grave of electric cars (50 kW = a mere 67 hp).

17 posted on 07/22/2005 9:34:11 AM PDT by steveegg (Real torture is taking a ride with Sen Ted "Swimmer" Kennedy in a 1968 Oldsmobile off a short bridge)
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To: steveegg

Kilopascals /cm squared or PSI?
A pint's a pound, what the hell is a kilo in poesy?
The French came up with metrics, what engineering feats did it facilitate?
Why not teach decimals and fractions in school instead?


18 posted on 07/22/2005 10:06:18 AM PDT by steve8714
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To: steveegg

I can't even keep up with the number of turns let alone metric. However would I do qualifying LAP TIMES?


19 posted on 07/22/2005 10:09:12 AM PDT by WestCoastGal (Never avenge yourselves. but leave the way open for [Gods] wrath.)
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To: Perdogg
I was in grade 9 when Canada went metric.

Like math wasn't tough enough already, I had to learn it all over again in a different mathematical language.

That was in the '70's.

My son, born in '91, has never known anything other than metric, so we sometimes have a hard time communicating......ie:

Son:It was about 2 meters away from me

Me:You mean 6 feet?

Son:No. What do my feet have to do with it?

20 posted on 07/22/2005 2:22:16 PM PDT by fanfan (" The liberal party is not corrupt " Prime Minister Paul Martin)
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