On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 4:47 AM, Nick Rout <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nick.rout@gmail.com">nick.rout@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Allen Edwards<br>
<<a href="mailto:allen.p.edwards@gmail.com">allen.p.edwards@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Anyone remember the conversion to metric? All the gas stations around<br>
> here changed to metric then Nixon killed the whole thing and we are<br>
> now odd country out. Terrible.<br>
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Not the only luddites. The UK measure road distance in miles, but sell<br>
petrol by the litre :)<br>
</blockquote></div><br>Don't forget the most important unit in the UK, the pint. :)<br>