<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html;= charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1476" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>Who exactly do we= blame for our American abomination?   I intend to get= more metric able...!</DIV> <DIV align=left> </DIV> <DIV align=left>David I.</DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original message= ----------------------------------------><BR>From: Joe= Garrett <<A= href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net<= /A>><BR>To: pianotech <<A= href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR>Rec= eived: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:09:02 -0700<BR>Subject: Re:= Metric</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><BR>Jason Kanter said:= "<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>In 1793 the Convention= decided to replace the existing French measures by<BR>one= "natural" measure. After lengthy and complicated "scientific"= activity<BR>and research such a measure was acknowledged as= being one ten-millionth of<BR>one fourth part of the earth's= meridian, which was called a metre"</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV>Jason,</DIV> <DIV>Thank you very much!!! Now I know who to blame for this= abomination!<G> Figgers!<G></DIV> <DIV>Best Regards,</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool= Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>