On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 18:33:06 -0400, nemesis wrote:

> Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
>> Orchid Win7 v1 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> > three seventy-seconds of one inch
>>
>> I think that at least *some* Americans realize how ridiculous the
>> imperial measurement system is. It's a petty that resistance to change
>> is such a huge psychological phenomenon that it's not going to change
>> any time soon.
>>
>> --
>>                                                           - Warp
> 
> I actually had a laugh at the "three seventy" vs the usual "seventy
> three".  or did he mean "3 x seventy-seconds"?
> 
> then again, I'm used to it from Sherlock Holmes books :)

3/72 is what was meant (not sure if you were not getting that, or being 
silly)

Jim

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