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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Funny.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">They have all sorts of signs at the borders these days to make sure you know they’re posting in km/h and not mp/h.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I thought the same thing when I saw the gas prices on my first stop. When my 13 gallon tank was still filling at 40.00 on the pump I knew something was up.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">With their liters not only is it not cheaper it is quite a bit more expensive. I’ve often wondered why the oil companies in America haven’t gotten together
to try to force liters on us so they can start incrementing the price without a noticing.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">This, by the way, suggests US and Canada use same mile (where they use mile – Canada of course uses km rather than mile in most distances these days):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">International mile<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The
<b>international mile</b> is precisely equal to <b>1.609344 km</b> (which is <sup>
25146</sup>⁄<sub>15625</sub> km or 1 <sup>9521</sup>⁄<sub>15625</sub> km in fraction).<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile#cite_note-45">[41]</a></sup> It was established as part of the 1959
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_yard_and_pound" title="International yard and pound">
international yard and pound</a> agreement reached by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">
United States</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">
United Kingdom</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">
Canada</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>,
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>, and
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>,<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBarbrow197616.E2.80.9317.2C_20-46">[42]</a></sup> which resolved small but measurable differences that
had arisen from separate physical standards each country had maintained for the yard.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBigg1964-47">[43]</a></sup> As with the earlier
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile#Statute_mile">statute mile</a>, it continues to comprise 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> ale-bounces@ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael Nolan<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 26, 2016 11:41 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [ale] sound and picture<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 10:41 AM, Damon L. Chesser <<a href="mailto:damon@damtek.com" target="_blank">damon@damtek.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">yeah, but Canadian miles are shorter than American miles, aren't they?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">First time I went to Canada (many years ago) I said "this is awesome, I can go 110 and gas is 50 cents a gallon..." <o:p></o:p></p>
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