Fwd: Metric conversions..??

Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 17:17:03 -0400 Reply-To: MODSTEPH(a)ACS.EKU.EDU Sender: Boat Anchor Owners and Collectors List <BOATANCHORS(a)LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV> From: N5AIT Allan Stephens <MODSTEPH(a)ACS.EKU.EDU> Subject: Metric conversions..?? To: BOATANCHORS(a)LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV Well, it DOES include megacycles... Sorry about the bandwidth, but figured if anyone would appreciate these, y'all would. 73, Al N5AIT Here are some of the rarer metric conversions not carried in standard reference works: 1 million microphones = 1 megaphone 1 million bicycles = 2 megacycles 500 millinaries = 1 seminary 10 cards = 1 decacards 1/2 lavatory = 1 demijohn 1 millionth of a fish = 1 microfiche 453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake 1 trillion pins = 1 terrapin 1 million billion piccolos = 1 gigolo 10 rations = 1 decoration 100 rations = 1 C-ration 10 millipedes = 1 centipede 3 1/3 tridents = 1 decadent 10 monologues = 5 dialogues 5 dialogues = 1 decalogue 2 monograms = 1 diagram 8 nickels = 2 paradigms 2 wharves = 1 paradox --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- -- To subscribe: listserv(a)listserv.tempe.gov and in body: subscribe BOATANCHORS yourfirstname yourlastname To unsubscribe: listserv(a)listserv.tempe.gov and in body: signoff BOATANCHORS Archives for BOATANCHORS: http://www.tempe.gov/archives --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --