Andrew Dalke wrote:
Mike Meyer:
Trivia question: Name the second most powerfull country on earth not
using the metric system for everything.
The UK?
Before going there I thought they were a fully metric country.
But I saw weather reports in degrees F, distances in yards
and miles, and of course pints of beer.
Andrew
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Plus the builders quite routinely ask suppliers for things like "a meter
of two (inches) by four (inches)". They don;t care that they're getting
the closest metric equivalent, to them a 2 x 4 is still a 2 x 4.
regards
Steve
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