Posted by Rik Wasmus on 12/05/07 22:15

On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:40:05 +0100, Sanders Kaufman <bucky@kaufman.net> =
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wrote:

> "Rik Wasmus" <luiheidsgoeroe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:op.t2uug2pe5bnjuv@metallium.lan...
>> On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:59:24 +0100, Toby A Inkster
>
>>> Yes, dammit I did. I originally had 4 microlightyears per kilofortni=
ght
>>> and then multiplied one side down by 1000 and the other up by 1000. =
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>>> D'oh!
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>> For some weird bizarre reason, the term 'kilofortnight' is enough te =
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>> keep
>> me grinning for an hour... Almost as good as when I calculated the fu=
el
>> efficiency of a car in acres (it was 15.4 picoacres BTW).
>
> Oh, my - BTW?
> That sounds like *twice* the energy of a BTU.

Hehe, never heard of BTU's, here either calories, kWh's or even joules a=
re =

more common.

Actually, to me, especially as a self-employed worker (well, I own a =

company with tree other equals..), it sounds like +20%, as BTW in dutch =
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normally would mean 'Belasting Toegevoegde Waarde' =3D VAT.
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Rik Wasmus

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