Just back from the BSS conference - excellent weekend, now I have renewed enthusiasm, as if I needed it.
All this talk of units. I needed a piece of wood - exactly 2 metres long. We buy wood in the UK in metric lengths, but imperial thickness, so "2 metres of 4 by 2 please" (4 inches by 2 inches) "Sorry, we only have it in 1.8 metre or 2.2 metre lengths" "Why is that?" "We cut it in metric lengths to the nearest foot!" You can't change even if you want to Mike Shaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] 53.37N 3.02W
