RE: Thinking of aspects of PA in urban fighting [FMAS] [General]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jaime Tiampo [mailto:fugu@spikyfishthing.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 10:29 PM
> Subject: Re: Thinking of aspects of PA in urban fighting [FMAS]
> [General]
> 
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> 
> Hey, there are plenty of places that have figured out metric. Say, 95%
> of the rest of the planet :) I mean, 1000g is 1 kg, 1000kg is a tonne.
> But wait, you're right, base ten things are hard to figure out :)

	This has always been a point of sadness for me. I remember when
in 
grade school I was taught the metric system and we were told that by the

time we were in high school the whole country would be on the metric
system.

Let's see I graduated from high school in 1980 and my fellow Americans
are