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Scientists love it. Foreign car manufacturers love it. U.S.
motorists hate it. Everyone over 35 hates it. The attempt to
introduce it in the U.S. is an acknowledged flop. Why? Because old habits die hard. And because any new system is
just plain confusing.
The following equivalency table should be a great help in ending the confusion. It is a veritable metric rosetta stone -- guaranteed to clarify everything: 1 million microphones = 1 megaphone 2000 mockingbirds = 2 kilomockingbirds 10 cards = 1 decacards 1 millionth of a fish = 1 microfiche 453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake 1 trillion pins = 1 terrapin 10 rations = 1 decoration 100 rations = 1 C-ration 10 millipedes = 1 centipede 3 tridents = 1 decadent 2 monograms = 1 diagram 8 nickels = 2 paradigms 2 wharves = 1 paradox | |
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