Lee wrote:

Thought I asked a simple question and it ended up with the "love it or
leave
it" crap(don't ask an American native about that ) and mail / credit
cards. big grin
Seems to be even anger being expressed.
Oh well At least I got everyone thinking

Well, it has been a couple of years since rec.ww has had a metric thread.
Used to be one of these every couple of months. As you can see, it can
generate a few comments. :-)

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If you're going to be dumb, you better be tough