Hi, Wednesday, December 22, 2004, 9:58:19 PM, Frantisek wrote:
>>> Well, I guess that's your opinion. We here in Europe have no problems >>> counting in Metric at all [...] BW>> not all of Europe. Here in the UK people of my generation and older are BW>> like some kind of measuring-system axolotls, stuck forever in a BW>> transitional phase. > I am sorry for that ommission of course! It's hard to change probably > for you :-( I didn't intend for my post to sound this strong. It didn't sound strong - I wasn't taking you to task in any way. When I speak to younger people I have to make a conscious effort to speak in metric - my natural mode of thinking is imperial (I'm not a scientist, so metric has never been part of my everyday experience). Sometimes I see a sign telling me that something is 150m away, and I don't know if it's miles or metres! Old dog, new tricks. -- Cheers, Bob
