It's "c'est la vie". Not that my French is great, I just remember it from
the Emerson, Lake, and Palmer song.
Sorry, I couldn't let that one go by. (hehehe)
Norah
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Richard A
> Pyburn
> Sent: Monday, July 19, 1999 1:34 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: fishing rod holder-brent
>
>
> cest levy!
>
>
> On Sun, 18 Jul 1999 22:52:04 -0400 fawcett@uism.bu.edu writes:
> >Give me thumbs, oops I mean inches, or give me death! What in the
> >world is so
> >wrong about basing measurements on body parts?! It has a certain, je
> >ne ces
> >qua about it. :-)
> >T.
> >P.S. My french sucks too, so don't bother pointing that out if I
> >messed it up!
> >;-)
> >
> >
> >______________________________ Reply Separator
> >_________________________________
> >Subject: Metrics - Was: Re: DML: fishing rod holder-brent
> >Author: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net> at smtpout
> >Date: 7/18/99 9:33 AM
> >
> >
> >OK, I'll probably get flamed for this, but........
> >
> >The Metric system is much more logical (and simpler) than the standard
> >
> >system. I (along with most other U.S. citizens) was taught the
> >standard
> >system (pounds, feet, etc.), and have a little trouble converting to
> >Metric,
> >mainly because few people in this country use it.
> >
> >The fact of the matter is, if we were all taught Metric to begin with,
> >we
> >would all be much better off when it comes to measuring things, and we
> >
> >wouldn't be pissed off about having to convert from one set to the
> >other
> >(Metric is the world standard, and for good reason). Having said
> >that,
> >there is a lot of people really pissed off about Metrics because they
> >have
> >been taught the standard system ever since they were old enough to
> >learn.
> >
> >Ah, old traditions die hard (regardless of their illogical-ness).....
> >
> >--
> >'92 Dak CC 2wd 318 3.55
> >'84 GoldWing Interstate
> >
> >
> >
>
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