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I just copied this from another forum. I thought Dwight may like it. "I'd just like to annoy all our American cousins (in which I include Canada but then again I am British) and drop the fact that "gas" isn't a shortened form of "gasoline" and isn't American either. A Brit from Lancashire (John Cassell of publishing fame) had a sideline selling oil / petroleum etc which was called "Cazeline" - well before cars in the 1840's or thereabouts. His company was the first to can and sell the stuff and they (the cans) were embossed "Cazeline" or "Caz" which was adulterated over time to "Gas" as cars came on the scene. So please can we convert you chaps to the word "petrol" along with spelling "gaol" properly as well as putting the "u" back where it belongs in "honour" / "colour" etc? No, ? - Fair enough I'll get back in my box then..."  
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Isn't gaz what the city dwelling Canadians burn in their cookers?
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No! Next thing you will want us to do is use the stupid metric system!
I'm built for comfort, I ain't built for speed
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Dinosaur.
"Oh Man I only ride 'em.I don't know what makes 'em work". Donald "Oddball" Sutherland
"Don't let the bastards get you down". Kris Kristofferson
"I am only paranoid because everyone is against me". Larry [Frank Burns] Linville
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No! Next thing you will want us to do is use the stupid metric system!
It is simpler.Count to ten and you've got it. 10 millimetres-1centimetre
10 centimetres-1 decimetre,10 decimetres-1 metre etc.
then show me all your metric ratchets, I bet they are all 1/4" 3/8" 1/2" drive 
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It doesn't mention the correct spelling of tyre ....
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It doesn't mention the correct spelling of tyre ....
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What does an ancient Phoenician city have to do with motorcycles?
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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Dinosaur.
"Oh Man I only ride 'em.I don't know what makes 'em work". Donald "Oddball" Sutherland
"Don't let the bastards get you down". Kris Kristofferson
"I am only paranoid because everyone is against me". Larry [Frank Burns] Linville
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No! Next thing you will want us to do is use the stupid metric system!
Thw Imperial system tends to keep peoples minds sharp. I've even seen dogs and horses count to 10 for God's sake! When people could deal with fractions and count change in 16D to 1 S and 20 S to 1 L, they were very intelligent and there was a British Empire so vast that the sun never set on it. Now that the UK has dumbed down and can't work with fractions or proper money, the empire is bloody well gone in the bin.
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No! Next thing you will want us to do is use the stupid metric system!
Thw Imperial system tends to keep peoples minds sharp. I've even seen dogs and horses count to 10 for God's sake! When people could deal with fractions and count change in 16D to 1 S and 20 S to 1 L, they were very intelligent and there was a British Empire so vast that the sun never set on it. Now that the UK has dumbed down and can't work with fractions or proper money, the empire is bloody well gone in the bin.
True,There are some smart animals, but as Jeff Cooper once said about Benchrest Shooters, PII [Preoccupation with inconsequential Increments].As in "Is that one and a half, or one and a quarter, sixty fourths?" Opposed to it's 3 mm.Actually Benchrest shooting is another example minute of angle is 1" at 100Yds but benchrest groups are measured in decimals of an inch such as .46",.025"because measuring anything that small in fractions is impossible with the precision of decimals
 
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"Oh Man I only ride 'em.I don't know what makes 'em work". Donald "Oddball" Sutherland
"Don't let the bastards get you down". Kris Kristofferson
"I am only paranoid because everyone is against me". Larry [Frank Burns] Linville
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