On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 16:36, Peter Nuttall wrote: > On Thursday 28 Aug 2003 8:01 pm, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 13:16, Peter Nuttall wrote: > > > On Thursday 28 Aug 2003 6:07 pm, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 10:31, Harshwardhan Nagaonkar wrote: > > > > > Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 06:34, Chris Wilcox wrote: > > > > > >>>On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 00:05, Steve Lamb wrote: > > > > > >>>>On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 06:21:57 +0200 (CEST) > > > > > >>>>Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > > [snip] > > > > > > > > > Well, to answer your question he mean a cooler costing 25 pounds and > > > > > another cooler costing 8 pounds. > > > > > > > > How can a cooler *cost* a unit of force? :-p > > > > > > pounds is the unit of british money. > > > > It was a joke. Note the emoticon ":-p". I may be American, but > > I'm not *that* ignorant. Besides, isn't it Pounds Sterling? So in the UK force is measured in terms of lifting 'sterling' silver and here in the US we use just cheap iron. :-) How upper crusty! > > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Jefferson, LA USA > > > > "You ask us the same question every day, and we give you the > > same answer every day. Someday, we hope that you will believe us..." > > U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, to a reporter > > yes it is pounds sterling and as jokes go that is right up there with the iraq > dossiers (this is a ignorance test). > > pete >
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