dimensions in Potterverse

[Sandra Collins]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" 
<bboyminn at y...> wrote:
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

Sandra writes:
Yes Steve, we're an odd bunch but it's only because the powers 
that be refuse to take a decision. Why commit when you can 
fudge? So we officially are imperial for distance, even though the 
tv/media talk in metric, we're metric for weighing fruit and veg 
(shopkeepers get prosecuted here for serving in pounds and 
ounces) and buying petrol, imperial for buying drinks, and 
generally a big mess.  I'm getting annoyed again... calm down, 
calm down...

Sandra (off for a cup of tea - the cup is not a unit of 
measurement)