On 18-4-2009 5:09, triple_r wrote:
> Mike Raiford <mraXXXiford.at.@g1023mail.com> wrote:
>> My dad got all agitated when I was describing the size of something in
>> mm instead of inches... The item was only about 1 or 2 mm in length. He
>> couldn't handle mm. Well, err... less than 1/16 of an inch, I suppose..
> 
> You could always get really malicious about it.  I'm just waiting for the
> opportunity to quote a figure in attoparsecs per microfortnight.  It turns out
> this is about 1.0043 inches per second, if I recall correctly.  Just waiting.
> 
>  - Ricky
> 

1.2148 inch per second
see also:
http://catb.org/jargon/html/A/attoparsec.html
http://catb.org/jargon/html/M/microfortnight.html

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