Yes, Tom. I've already pointed out to Han Maenen that I actually meant to say that Ireland was in MOST respects a fully metricated country. That's what happens when you don't check properly what you have typed. When visiting Castle Barr, County Mayo last year, they were still selling beer in pints at the (many, many, many) pubs in the local area. You say that you are just marginally ahead of the UK in metrication terms. Well, being as all traders over there have to use metric scales, the road sign reads distances in km and the fact that you had at least set a date for converting speed limits to km when miles are preserved indefinitely over here, I would say you were a helluva lot more than 'marginally' ahead of us. Incidentally, I wasn't having a go at Northern Ireland. I have been there too and had a great time (though I must say, I preferred Southern Ireland). I mentioned Northern Ireland because, I believe anyway, that their units of measurement are identical to ours and therefore would be more likely to use perches and acres. Regards, Steve. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Wade VMS Systems" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 3:11 PM Subject: [USMA:14489] Re: Ireland > Greetings, > > >It is strange to see Ireland using units like the perch and the acre when > >they are in all other respects a fully metricated country. > > I can honestly say that I've *never* seen a sign refer to 'perches' and I > doubt if any of the realtors here would know what it was. I don't doubt that > the sighting is genuine, but I would say that it is a very rare occurrence. > > Having said that, we are not yet a "fully metricated country" by any means. > We are far far ahead of the US of course, but well behind CA, AU & NZ, and > only marginally ahead of the UK. Real estate here in Dublin has progressed > from being all square foot to "sq m (sq ft)" [sic], but often with the sq ft > figure being the rational one. Unfortunately, they still talk in terms of > price "per sq ft". > > >We are talking about Southern Ireland here, by the way, aren't we?? ... > > Killarney is indeed in the South, in fact it would be our equivalent of the > "deep south" with all the attendant nuances of that phrase. > > > ... Not > >Northern Ireland, which would explain a lot!! > > *You* might say that -- *I* couldn't possible comment ;-) > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Tom Wade, EuroKom | E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (all domain mailers). > Dale House | X400: g=tom;s=wade;o=eurokom;p=eurokom;a=eirmail400;c=ie > 30, Dale Road | Tel: +353 (1) 278-7878 > Stillorgan | Fax: +353 (1) 278-7879 > Co Dublin | Disclaimer: This is not a disclaimer > Ireland | Tip: "Friends don't let friends do Unix !" >
