I snickered when I read the comment by one of Thoburn's supporters: "I have given a few bob to the fighting fund," said Rita Myers, 62. "When you get to my age you don't want to be bothering with kilograms. You just want pounds and ounces. Except sugar - you get that in kilos but it's different. With pounds and ounces you know where your money is going." Does the UK use different "kilos" for sugar than for other foodstuffs? ;-) It's the same here. An American who runs may well know exactly and personally how long a 10 km race is, yet claim not to understand it in a news story having nothing to do with racing. Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Strangely, the Telegraph doesn't seem to mention Tuesday's court case > in Sunderland, but the Independent on Sunday does, at: > > http://www.independent.co.uk/news/UK/This_Britain/2000-11/metric051100.shtml > > Chris > -- > Metrication information: http://www.metric.org.uk/ > UK legislation, EC Directives, Trading Standards links and more > Pro-metric mailing list now available. -- Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789
