Simon's Cameo; brit measurments question (was:Re: yael's pic)

[Pigwidgeon]

Simon: "Does this mean I am in for a painful death?"
yael: "Er... I was thinking more in the line of making you do 
horribly silly things. Worse than death, as i see it. <VBRG> 
Unfortunately, as a responsible writer, i let my cameos approve their 
part before uploading them, so i can't write anything that will make 
you  put a veto on it. Just remember that i made you grovel to 
Voldemort when i wasn't vexed. :)"

I think I will have to start grovelling, and at the author rather 
than the evil lord.


Simon: "And on second looking maybe Draco was the wrong character to 
pick. I think I meant Hagrid. ;)'s at yeal yet again."
yael: "Ah! Didn't make me spit cats out of my nose this time. Being 
extremely short, even with my 6 foot (180 cm) husband, there is no 
chance any of my kids will be Hagrid-like. :) Good thing they're 
girls."

Oh dear I seem to have mistyped earlier. I of course meant to type 
Petunia. ;)'s at yael (rather than yeal as I did last time).


yael: "I was waiting for an opportunity like this - can any of you 
Brits tell me what measurements are used in the UK? For height, 
distance, weight (people and products), temperature (climate and 
body)? I know this requires some work. I looked in 'the best of 
British' posted here a while back, and couldn't find this. I'm sorry."

Height is in feet and inches, but this is gradually being replaced by 
metres (I could tell you my height in the first but not the second).

Weight for people is in stones and pounds. Some may say kilograms (I 
know my weight in either).

Weight for products is now meant to be measured in kilograms, for 
legal reasons. I still work in pounds and ounces as these mean a lot 
more to me.

Temperature is now usually in Celcius, but some of the older folks of 
this country still use that Farenheit. I cannot convert mentally from 
one ot the other.

Road distances are in miles. All the people I know who run will say 
how far they run in miles and not kilometres.


Any others?


Simon


PS: Congrats on your modship over on HPfanfiction - a well deserved 
appointment