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Re: measuring systems (was: Selenites)

From:Tom Wier <artabanos@...>
Date:Wednesday, September 30, 1998, 14:34
Nik Taylor wrote:

> except for a few phrases like "give them an inch, and > they'll take a mile" (maybe the terms would be re-interpreted as just > meaning "a little" and "a lot"?)
I think for most people today, they already mean that.