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To: dynachrome

I blame the metric system.


3 posted on 05/20/2014 6:46:55 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Fegelein! Fegelein! Fegelein!)
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To: ClearCase_guy
I blame the metric system.

That's why a Quarter Pounder in France is called a "Royale With Cheese."

21 posted on 05/20/2014 7:32:14 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: ClearCase_guy

When it comes to engineering, the French copy nobody. And nobody copies the French.


28 posted on 05/20/2014 8:12:20 PM PDT by lump in the melting pot (Half-brother is Watching You!)
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To: ClearCase_guy

The RFF only gave the dimensions of platforms built less than 30 years ago, but most of France’s 1,200 platforms were built more than 50 years ago. Repair work has already cost 80 million euros ($110 million).


29 posted on 05/20/2014 8:40:12 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
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