Feet or meters?

[JVC_systems]

So I guess some russian planes such as Il-86 or Tu-154 have meters and kilometers .

[Ivan]

if it's an international model they have dual altimeters, and often GPS fitted.

Some have only metric ones and usually stay within the CIS region.

if it's a Il-86 or Tu-154 it will probably have dual altimeters... with the Tu-134 it depends where Aeroflot used it for. international flight ones have dual, the internal flying ones probably not.

[Fozzer]

......also...
Our European measurement of distance is in metres...eg: kilometre.
Meters are measuring instruments, clocks, gauges, etc,... eg: voltmeter.

Cheers all...

Paul.

P.S.

[Hagar]

[quote]P.S.

[Fozzer]

Good old Foz. I'm with you on this but we might not have to worry about it much longer.

PS. I don't have a Euro symbol on my keyboard at the moment. I suppose there is one on there somewhere if I care to look for it.

Hi Doug... ...!
..there's nothing quite like the magic of having Fruppence, freefarvings jingling in your purse... ... ... ...!
LOL...!

Cheers... ...!

Paul.

[Hagar]

Hi Doug... ...!
..there's nothing quite like the magic of having Fruppence, freefarvings jingling in your purse... ... ... ...!
LOL...!

Cheers... ...!

Paul.

Hi Foz. It might be showing my age but this brings back many fond memories. The Beatles actually wrote a song about it in those far off days when the world was a happier place. Well I thought it was anyway. Four of chips* would have to be translated now. A bag of chips costs

[JVC_systems]

So why is it called "French fries" then? Where did it come from?

[Fozzer]

So why is it called "French fries" then? Where did it come from?

Hi JVC...

...have a shufty here mate... ...!
..'splains it all..!
(Personally, I blame it all on the French...and you lot over in the 'States).... ...!
LOL...!

"Chips", we call 'em... ...!

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=U ... gle+Search

Cheers... ...!

Paul.

[Hagar]

So why is it called "French fries" then? Where did it come from?

As usual there's various stories. Here's one.

'Do you want Belgian fries with that?" That's what you might be hearing at fast-food restaurants today if it hadn't been for World War I. The Belgians claim to have invented "French" fries, though no one knows for sure. The dish was first prepared as early as the 1700s and was simply called fried potatoes. Thomas Jefferson sampled them in Paris and brought the recipe home. At a White House dinner in 1802, the menu included "potatoes served in the French manner." But that's not how they got their name.

Their commercial success began in 1864, when Joseph Malines of London put "fish and chips" (French fries) on the menu. His success inspired others across Europe. But they weren't French fries until 1918 or so. American soldiers stationed in France gobbled up fried potatoes. They dubbed them "French fries" and liked them so much they wanted to have them at home, too. Americans still love French fries. Last year alone, more than 4.5 billion pounds of them were sold in the United States.

[zcottovision]

And here's another story:

Apparently, "French" is an old English verb meaning to cut into long, thin strips. And so frenched and fried potatoes became french fries, and not actually French at all.

[JVC_systems]

Intersting stories you guys posted  :). That question kep bugging me since I first heared "french fries", lol.