On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:21:33 +1300 Zane Gilmore <[email protected]> wrote:
> Britain does *not* use metric standards. > We were there about 3 years ago and petrol was sold in gallons > and the speed signs were in miles per hour. > The speedo on our rental car was in mph. > Stuff at the supermarket was sold in pounds. > > Britain has *not* gone metric. Gallons! that's a bit rich! So all they media frenzy about fuel going over a pound a litre didn't happen, then??? It's also *illegal* to price up products in pounds. The European Union's 1994 Units of Measurements Regulations became law in the UK at the turn of the century. I've told you a million times not to exaggerate (: Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[email protected]>
