Hi M Despite what they say the people often choose to ignore such devices as kilos or metres. In Germany it is not uncommon to hear a housefrau asking for ein pfund of erdbeeren but she gets just under half a kilo of strawberries!
The French, no don't get me started on the French, have all sorts of weird units that get used in trade or in markets and it always seems to be in their favour - strange that. We have a whole parcel of so called metric martyrs who have been up before the bench for selling fruit and veg in pounds and there's going to be a riot when the try to kill off the pint! Cheers G >From Bridgerule in glorious Devon, England. On 29 May 2012, at 13:52, Martin McCormick wrote: > If things had gone a little differently, the United > states might have gone metric 40 or 50 years ago. Instead, we > find ourselves in the distinguished company of Burma and Liberia > as the only 3 nations in the world who aren't metric. > > It's odd because the United States was one of 17 world > nations in the 1800's who signed an agreement promoting the > metric system which now goes under the abbreviation of SI or > System International. > > If you live here, you do see metric values all over the > place in a patchwork world in which grocery store shelves > contain 2-liter bottles of soda alongside 1-quart bottles of > bleach. Photography has always been metric as are most > scientific measurements unless you are talking about > temperature, distance or forces and then it is a free-for all. > ======================================== The Just-chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/just-chat> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the just-chat group at either of the following: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/just-chat/index.html> or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> You may subscribe with your RSS reader at the following URL: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> ---------------------------------------
