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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:28:51 -0700 (PDT), "Robert M. Gary"
wrote:

On Jul 17, 10:54 am, HK wrote:
On Jul 17, 9:49 am, "Ulf B" wrote:
Hello all,

why are recreational boatspeed in the US measured in MPH when the
rest of
the world including the US proffesional mariners uses knots???

Most Americans can't even learn English, so to expect them to learn the
metric system is more than a stretch.


I don't think there is anything metric about knots. Metric would be
km.


Yeah - KM - Knots per Meter.


He's already shown us enough dumbness for one day. Let up on him and save
some for tomorrow.