Posted by Sanders Kaufman on 12/06/07 01:05

"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Rik Wasmus wrote:
>>
>> Hehe, never heard of BTU's, here either calories, kWh's or even joules
>> are 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
>> normally would mean 'Belasting Toegevoegde Waarde' = VAT.
>
> Rik,
>
> BTU's (British Thermal Units) are a measure of the heating or cooling
> power of furnaces or air conditioners, especially the latter. It's less
> common in places other than the U.S. See
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_thermal_unit.

Well - it's pretty popular on Brittish ships, too.
Sailors never talk like normal pholks.

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