On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:35:48 +0000, Neil Hoskins wrote:


"Bob Harrington" wrote in message
...


I long for a simpler day when everything could be compared to a football
field or a VW Bug...

Ah yes. Or if you work in microelectronics, you can forget about thou, mil,
microns, or nanometers, because as far as the popular press is concerned,
everything is measured in units of 'the thickness of a human hair'.

"I think my hair is thinning....."

"Well, who wants fat hair?"

-- Spike Jones routine