Today I heard a report on CBS news about a British designer who has come up with a new design for women's bras based on the how a Frisbee is manufactured. His sound bite had him ssaying that some women need "to support up to two kilos in each breast, which is quite a bit". I noted his use of "kilo" and also the fact that the U.S. reporter did not provide any sort of conversion. My girlfriend just got back from a week in Ireland. Since she did not buy any packaged goods and did not pay much attention to the distance signs on the road, her impression was that Ireland is still Imperial except for temperature. She says that because she heard everyone continue to use "miles", "feet" (or perhaps "yards"), "pounds" (for mass), etc. She visited Limerick, Cork, and Killarney, then returned home via Shannon Airport. Tom Wade: does this report surprise you? Cheers, Ezra
