Neil
In French, une step is an acronym for a station d'épuration des eaux
usées or, in simple language, a sewage works. Perhaps this is a logical
place for this discussion to end?????
Brian
Neil Atkinson wrote:
>
> Peter,
> I thing the 'step' is an imperial measure!
>
> Neil
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Swanson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 11 October 2001 09:21
> Subject: Re: Question for the physics "gurus"
>
> Werner,
>
> Is that a metric step or an imperial step? <g>
>
> Peter
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Werner Engelmaier [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 10 October 2001 22:17
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [TN] Question for the physics "gurus"
>
> Hi Brian,
> I grew up with ISO paper sizes, and when I moved to the USA the paper sizes
> here sure felt strange--but I got used to them. I can assure you ISO paper
> documents are significantly more ackward to file in the USA than US
> documents
> in ISO files. The ISO 2-ring binders with their 2 holes so close together
> definitely are much worse than the 3-ring binders used here. I doubt you
> will
> ever see ISO size paper here! :-)
> On the other hand, on metric we seem to make 3 steps forward 3 back. :-(
>
> Werner Engelmaier
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