As I've said before, the 'elderly' are often used by opponents of metrication as convenient excuses for their views. Another example of how this is an abuse was shown to me yesterday, when my partner reported passing two old ladies in the street, with one saying to the other "I would say it was about 50 metres..." Unfortunately, she didn't hear the context of the remark. Chris -- Metrication information: http://www.metric.org.uk/ UK legislation, EC Directives, Trading Standards links and more
