On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 at 15:58:53, Phoebus R. Dokos wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
> Sat, 14 Jan 2006 14:08:41 -0500,() Ralf Reköndt
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> :
<snip>
I've seen it used in the USA (IRS forms actually - that's the tax guys
for
the uninitiated) to denote January 2nd.
Then of course we're using miles and pounds still :-) -not to mention
Farenheit
I do personally too.
All our timber merchants still sell imperial sizes, but display them
metric - which is bizarre.
Tony
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