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

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Pigwidgeon" <simon at h...> wrote:

> 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
> 

Just to confuse you ... the racing fraternity still work in furlongs. 
And I know a couple of old coppicers, who still use chords! Water 
depth is measured in fathoms - or used to be? Speed at sea is still 
in knots I think. Horses are measured in hands :))

Anybody over the age of about 35/40 still thinks in Imperial 
measurements (feet and inches, pounds and ounces, etc), though some 
are 'bilingual' (not me!)

If you really want to be confused, ask about pre-decimalisation 
currency! Some terms of which I still use ... e.g. ten-bob for a 
fifty pence piece.


Wotan (wishing 'they' would just bloody well leave things alone).