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Old Thu Jul 23, 2009, 05:40pm
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Who Will Be The Last To Switch To Metric: The USA Or Liberia ???
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Did you know that seconds are the only common unit between the metric and English systems?
As are minutes, hours, days, and years. Maybe amperes?
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Old Fri Jul 24, 2009, 05:42pm
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As are minutes, hours, days, and years. Maybe amperes?

Amperes and volts are metric.

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The game on the cruise ship would have to use FIBA rules and it is an eight (8) second count in the backcourt.

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Old Tue Aug 04, 2009, 01:51am
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very intersting what they are doing
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Old Tue Aug 04, 2009, 02:03am
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I believe last year ESPN2 or ESPNU had a 24 hours of college basketball deal where games were being played around the clock. Perhaps this fits into that deal.
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