<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <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><FONT face=Arial size=2>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>