Gene Kearns wrote:
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:58:28 -0400, DK penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

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.

-Robert
More accurately, kph.

Keystrokes Per Hour? What's that got to do with anything?


How much you got payed in the old days.