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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: 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: 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: 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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