[USMA:9408] Re: Wanna go back to shillings and pence?

[Joseph B. Reid]

Paul Trusten wrote in an otherwise excellent posting (USMA 9392):

>The duodecimal units of measurement were for a former time, while the
>>International System of Units is for our time,

In my memory Britain had
                12 pence = 1 shilling
                12 inches = 1 foot.
The penny and the shilling have now gone.  I don't think that 12 inches = 1
foot qualifies the mess of imperial units to be called duodecimal.