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   Message 26,590 of 28,343   
   Brian M. Scott to All   
   Re: Metric money, and other such nonsens   
   27 Aug 13 02:02:39   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.books   
   From: b.scott@csuohio.edu   
      
   On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 15:45:33 -0700, The Horny Goat   
    wrote in   
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   rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.sf.movies,rec.arts.books:   
      
   [...]   
      
   > That's why in Canada you see so many grocery items   
   > packaged in 454 gm packages. (For the metrically   
   > challenged, that's 1 lb.)   
      
   With a tiny lagniappe, if the label is completely honest   
   (which is unlikely, given the realities of measurement).   
      
   [...]   
      
   Brian   
      
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