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To: Pikachu_Dad
That is a stupid question. Certainly not a real world question. What moron would price his boards in meters and measure them in feet?

If you were receiving a shipment of teak wood from Brazil that was cut and shipped by a French firm, would you necessarily expect English measurements?

59 posted on 03/31/2009 8:27:59 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money -- Thatcher)
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To: PapaBear3625

>>>> If you were receiving a shipment of teak wood from Brazil that was cut and shipped by a French firm, would you necessarily expect English measurements? <<<<<

Then I would be paying in ‘reals’ or in ‘francs’, wouldn’t I?

I would also be negotiating for them to cut standard sized boards for my customers so that I would have a chance of selling them.


64 posted on 04/03/2009 5:14:13 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad
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