Has there ever been, in history, a move to replace the Troy Ounce with the gram, decagram, hectogram, or kilogram? greg >>> Jonathan Dowling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2001-05-02 08:28:22 >>> > He couldn't have picked a worse example. Come 2002, when the Euro becomes a "real" currency, it'll become pretty much impossible for any EU country, including Britain, to avoid it for long. And the troy ounce is so archaic that it makes me laugh. So, to answer his question: A couple of years, at the most? ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie
