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From: BrianNZ on 7 Nov 2009 16:32 Beav wrote: > "BrianNZ" <brian(a)itnz.co.nz> wrote in message > news:4af384d1(a)news.orcon.net.nz... >> Rob Kleinschmidt wrote: >>> On Nov 5, 5:02 pm, BrianNZ <br...(a)itnz.co.nz> wrote: >>>> Rob Kleinschmidt wrote: >>>>> On Nov 5, 3:19 pm, BrianNZ <br...(a)itnz.co.nz> wrote: >>>>>> Rob Kleinschmidt wrote: >>>>>>> http://www.nortonmotorcycles.com/ >>>>>> Of course they don't show the prices!! >>>>> I think about $18K. >>>> $US ? thats not bad! >>> http://www.southbaynorton.com/ >> >> Nice. They are only 'made to order' rather than a production motorcycle.? >> Not a bad bike for under 30k $NZ....Ohlins, carbon fibre goodies, >> brembo....and it's air cooled. real 'old school'. > > Apart from the Ohlins, the Brembo's and the carbon fibre goodies, I'd agree > :-) > > All the bits that needed updating, you mean. :)
From: BrianNZ on 7 Nov 2009 16:35 Beav wrote: > "Twibil" <nowayjose6(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:72676237-6fb3-4e06-98fe-f4da74effb2e(a)12g2000pri.googlegroups.com... > On Nov 5, 6:05 pm, BrianNZ <br...(a)itnz.co.nz> wrote: >> >>> Why aren't the US metric? > >> No, it's "Why *isn't* the US metric?" > > Mmm, I thought the United States is a collection of more than one, so IS it > "isn't"? > > Had it been "Why isn't the United State metric" you may be right. But.... > >> And the answers are: > >> (A) It costs a huge chunk of change to convert a big, highly >> industrialized nation like to US completely over to metric. (Sheep are >> automatically metric, so NZ had no investment worth speaking of.) >> >> (B) We're still officially on our original system, but metrics are >> slowly taking over in many fields; and there's no doubt we'll get >> there eventually. But we'll do it a millimeter at a time rather than >> all at once. > >> And the next question is: "Why don't the NZ schools teach their kids >> the difference between plural and singular?" > > A question I'm sat here pondering myself, but not about NZ. > Us fulla's 'n fullessa's speak da good England, eh bro. :)
From: BrianNZ on 8 Nov 2009 00:59 Twibil wrote: > On Nov 5, 6:05 pm, BrianNZ <br...(a)itnz.co.nz> wrote: >> >> Why aren't the US metric? > > No, it's "Why *isn't* the US metric?" > > And the answers are: > > (A) It costs a huge chunk of change to convert a big, highly > industrialized nation like to US completely over to metric. (Sheep are > automatically metric, so NZ had no investment worth speaking of.) > > (B) We're still officially on our original system, but metrics are > slowly taking over in many fields; and there's no doubt we'll get > there eventually. But we'll do it a millimeter at a time rather than > all at once. > > And the next question is: "Why don't the NZ schools teach their kids > the difference between plural and singular?" So, what does 'US' stand for? I meant it as 'United States'. Why aren't the United States metric? Why isn't the United States metric? :)
From: S'mee on 8 Nov 2009 10:30 On Nov 7, 10:59 pm, BrianNZ <br...(a)itnz.co.nz> wrote: > Twibil wrote: > > On Nov 5, 6:05 pm, BrianNZ <br...(a)itnz.co.nz> wrote: > > >> Why aren't the US metric? > > > No, it's "Why *isn't* the US metric?" > > > And the answers are: > > > (A) It costs a huge chunk of change to convert a big, highly > > industrialized nation like to US completely over to metric. (Sheep are > > automatically metric, so NZ had no investment worth speaking of.) > > > (B) We're still officially on our original system, but metrics are > > slowly taking over in many fields; and there's no doubt we'll get > > there eventually. But we'll do it a millimeter at a time rather than > > all at once. > > > And the next question is: "Why don't the NZ schools teach their kids > > the difference between plural and singular?" > > So, what does 'US' stand for? I meant it as 'United States'. > > Why aren't the United States metric? Southern states i.e. former members of the CSA. > Why isn't the United States metric? The rest of the americas...even Qubec. o=8^) heh, in america we speak american and mostly write/read english. americans do NOT speakee eenglish. Think of it as like the difference between mexican and spanish...they only sound the same.
From: Beav on 6 Dec 2009 06:57
"Sean_Q_" <no.spam(a)no.spam> wrote in message news:hd0c68$n1s$1(a)aioe.org... > Rob Kleinschmidt wrote: >> http://www.nortonmotorcycles.com/ > > Why do the classic Brit retro bikes have to be so bloated? So they can carry bloated Septics? And if you REALLY want to talk about "bloated", look no further than the Harley catalogue. -- Beav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19 |