In article ,
wrote:

: think there's a *single* aviation standard that uses metric. I vote for
: $500:$1...

: how about $1012 instead?

Well, the english units are usually based on simple integer math...
it's just
not consistent.

5280 ft to a mile (or about 6030 ft to a nautical mile)

12" to a foot

3 feet to a yard


$500:1 is just way too simple.

:-)

--
Bob Noel
goodness - the NFL officials are making
the NHL officials look like geniuses