On 7/16/2008 4:57 AM, The Old Bloke went clickity clack on the keyboard
and produced this interesting bit of text:
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> "Marcel Kuijper" <zoepetier_nothing_here@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:tat0hlztj9hx.q69dwu15yeyb.dlg@40tude.net...
>> "Dauphin de Viennois" wrote:
>>
>>>> "Marcel Kuijper" wrote:
>>>> One guy said :"They spoke of 500 feet seperation."
>>>
>>> That's because in aviation altitude is officially done in feet and
>>> speed in
>>> knots. Get with the program.
>>
>> Oh is that right? Who are you? The aviation police?
>> If only you knew how often I've heard FL60 over the scanner here.
>> That's 600 meters, pally. Accompanied with QNH in hPa.
>>
>> You might want to check this out.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_level#Metric_flight_levels
>>
>> I'm not disputing speeds. Knots is what it is. We need knots.
>>
>> What we need is either the metric system or the imperial system.
>> One or the other. Not both.
>> And since the imperial system is the most confusing....it's gotta go!
>>
> I have to agree. But unfortunately it won't happen. Just like
> standardising which side of the steering wheel, the turning indicators go.
>
> I have European cars, but if I rent a car in Aus, the turning indicators
> are on the opposite side to what I am used to. And what side of the
> road we drive on! When I travelled internationally that was a real
> issue for me. Asia was easy. Just straight down the middle, with horns
> blaring.
>
> All tribes want to keep their own standards
I've never been to a country that drives on the left hand side of the
road. However, I've noticed that it's only island nations that do this:
England, Japan, Australia (isn't it called the island continent?
Besides, Aus is completely surrounded by water and is not physically
connected to any other country), New Zealand, etc. There's nothing
wrong with this, I just find it an interesting observation. Not all
island nations drive on the left hand side, but I don't know of any
countries that aren't islands that do this. Plus I can never seem to
remember how the pedals are arranged on a right-hand driver car.
Rule of Acquisition number 11: Even if it's free, you can always buy it
cheaper.
