On Fri, 23 May 2008 11:28:51 -0700, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom>
wrote:

>Darren New wrote:
>> As I said, it's because the units chosen are not of a scale that is 
>> convenient for every-day use, 
>
>... which is probably why US telephone companies measure wire length in 
>"kilofeet".

In the drilling industry tension is measured in kips - 1,000
pounds-force
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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