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| Re: What is slowing down my WIndows PC & |
| 22 Nov 25 00:53:33 |
From: jim@geordieland.com On 21/11/2025 19:06, Rink wrote: > Op 11-10-2025 om 21:06 schreef Stan Brown: >> On 11 Oct 2025 17:20:39 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote: >>> So we probably should have a poll on whether there is *any* country >>> *other* than the US, which calls the ground floor the first floor. >>> >> >> Reminds me of a 1981 Isaac Asimov essay, where in a footnote he said >> that the two most powerful countries not on the metric system were >> the United States and Liberia. And I believe Liberia has gone metric >> since then. >> > > > O ? > > Since when has the UK gone metric? > Miles, inches, Pints, Ounches, etc, all gone? > > Rink Yep ~1960 except for mph and the memories of old folks -- Jim the Geordie --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2) |
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