From: Jim Campbell rchaic

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I say we should start measuring velocity in furlongs per fortnight.

Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired

The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets forty rods to
the hogshead and that's the way I likes it.
-- Grandpa Simpson

Which works out to about approximately 10.4 feet per gallon!
(US or Imperial is left as an exercise for the reader)


--
Jim Campbell

How long does it take for your car to accelerate from zero to 60 furlongs per
fortnight?

Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired