dimensions in Potterverse

[Steve]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Sarah" <plungy116 at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Phil Vlasak" <phil at p...> wrote:
> 
> > So is the British measurements in feet or metres?
> > 
> > Phil

> Sarah: 
> ...edited..
> So, in answer to your question Phil, we would use centimetres and 
> metres on Wednesdays and Saturdays, when there's and "R" in the 
> month and if its raining.  At all (or some) other times we might use
> feet and inches, but most of the time we just use a bewildering 
> concoction of the two. 
> Clear?
> 
> Sarah xx

bboyminn: 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't a Brit buy his ale by the pint
and his petrol by the liter? And for the record, aren't those pints 19
ounces instead of 16 which would in turn make an Imperial gallon
substantially larger than a normal gallon? And when a Brit speaks of
Petrol, he speaks of it by the gallon, even though he purchases it by
the liter? 

Speaking of 'Pints', I recently read that the government was trying to
do away with pints and half-pints of ale in order to be more
consistent with the European Union and Metric standards. This seemed
to create an uproar equivalent to a proposal to publically execute the
Queen. Ale drinkers nation wide were outraged and flatly refused to
give up their pints; it is an old and proud English tradition afterall.

Just a few thoughts.

Steve/bboyminn