On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, Ari Saarto wrote: >> >>Dear anglo-saxons & yankees, >> >>is there anywhere a list, a web page in the net, which would help a >>Frustrated Finn to compare knots to metres/second or to >>kilometres/hour? i can't even convert knots to miles/hour!! >> >>Unfortunately, I am getting confused quite often, having been >>used to metric system. Happens both ways, Iīve noticed... >> >>Same thing with miles: fortunately I did not sleep during ALL my >>primary or secondary school lessons, I suppose it goes with >>feet like this: 1 ft = 33 centimetres & with inches itīs 1' = 2,5 >>centimetres.... inches 1" = 2,5cm [we use the single quote for feet] example: i am 1,8m tall or 6'0" [6ft 0in] and closer to 30cm = 1' as there are 39.?"/1m and of course, we use a "." where you use a ","!! NE?s [sorry had to do that, pronounced "any questions"] you do well ari, i _try_ to list the metric equivelants when i make statements like, i have a 16' [4,8m] solo canoe [do you also call them "canadianne canoe" like the british??] mark >> >> >>Cheers, >> >> >>Ari Saarto >>"Careful with your hips >>- a good sea kayaker >>is a worthy partner in samba too..." >> >>Finland - Europe >>GSM +358 - 50 - 526 5892 >>fax. +358 - 3 - 828 2815 >>e-mail: asaarto_at_lpt.fi #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/cpr [Colorado Paddlers' Resource] http://www.diac.com/~zen/rmskc [Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club] http://www.diac.com/~zen/rmcc [Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page] http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark [personal] -- Fortune: Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. -- A. Lincoln *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Mar 11 1998 - 13:41:35 PST
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