"Mr. Travel" wrote:
>
> Greg Procter wrote:
> > "Mr. Travel" wrote:
> >
> >>Greg Procter wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>"Mr. Travel" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Greg Procter wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Well, K-mart wasn't active in New Zealand pre-1970. I would guess, based
> >>>>>on the fact that a K-mart opened about 2km from my then home around
> >>>>>1993-4 that they started in NZ about 1991-2. At that time they could not
> >>>>>have sold "quarts" of oil. As to what is "relevant", you've consistantly
> >>>>>come out of 'left-field' or 'cloud-cuckoo-land' with what you consider
> >>>>>to be relevant, so I need to cover all the bases. At this stage, based
> >>>>>on your past efforts I fully expect you to start an argument about the
> >>>>>number of carats I claim to be in a chaldron!
> >>>>
> >>>>Whether K-Mart existed in NZ pre-1970 has NOTHING to do with you
> >>>>understanding approximately what a quart of oil is. The imperial quart
> >>>>and US quart are close enough in size for you determine I was referring
> >>>>to a small quanity of oil.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Well the US measure is short change - typical of cheating yanks.
> >>
> >>So, NZ short changes it's citizens by using narrow gauge tracks.
> >
> >
> >
> > Nahh, they're standard here.
>
> Just as the US gallon is standard here.
>
> See, no one is getting short changed.
Well Duhh! Exactly who do you think we're selling the New Zealand track
gauge to??
OTOH the US sells commodities (or attempts to sell) around the world in
your short-change measures.
I'm sure no-one cares that you have your own weird and non-standard
measurements, just give them unique names and stop pretending that they
are proper imperial measures. |