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Old 07-08-2014, 02:49 PM   #24345
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Originally Posted by Stitchawl View Post
Yep! The whole world uses this system, yet it remains a mystery to most Americans. Most have never even heard of it. When I first moved to Asia 25 years ago, I brought some high quality stationary with me from the US. But when I tried to fit a letter into a locally bought envelope, it was too wide! I couldn't understand what was wrong! All the university handouts came on B4 size paper and wouldn't fit into the document folder I had. I needed to buy a Japanese one so I could keep everything together!


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Sort of like Kilometers per liter, huh?
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