Re: Stranding?

["John Riley"]

"Rich Grise" <rich@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:pan.2006.08.16.21.41.02.441045@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:48:24 +0800, John Riley wrote:
>
>> I always thought a "mil" was one thousandth of a litre. Short for
>> millilitre.
>> Our Bureau of Meteorology once chipped a weather reporter for using 
>> "mils"
>> for millimetres of rain.
>
> In this instance it means "milli-inch" or 0.001" diameter.

I thought this was universally called "thou".
Confusing established nomenclature by using the same abbreviation to 
refer to more than one thing, or persisting with old and confusing 
nomenclature can hardly be helpful to world communication. It must 
confuse the hell out of your young guys trying to learn the business. 
Little wonder your space effort has problems  :(