Re: NEC-LIST: Imperial metrics in the UK

Good day all.

Just for the record, South Africa went metric around the mid 60s as I
recall. The currency was first to go - this happened while I was spending a
year in Antarctica (1962). On my return I recall buying some cheese in Cape
Town (was dying fro some decent cheddar, blue cheese, you name it). When
paying, I had not the faintest idea of the cost. I pulled out a handful of
new and old coins, and told the shopkeeper to help himself.

Best regards,
Duncan Baker.
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From: "David Jefferies" <dj_at_eryptick.net>
To: <nec-list_at_gweep.ca>
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 10:18 PM
Subject: NEC-LIST: Imperial metrics in the UK

> Dear List,
>
> In response to Jim Lux, my son is 11 and claims
> "not to understand feet, inches, pounds, stones"
> although he does understand pints as that is what
> his consumption of milk, about 24 a week, comes in, but then,
> they are Imperial pints which are 20 fl.oz. against the
> US pint which is only 16. (Don't compare miles per
> gallon!)
>
> Seriously, the sooner everyone goes entirely metric,
> the better for all of us. Australia is metricised.
> Also, for antenna work the speed of light is very
> very closely 0.3 metres per nanosecond, which is
> a very memorable number (I teach it more loosely
> as a foot a nanosecond to my students).
>
> The UK has not yet converted from miles to kilometres
> however. Kilometres is a good unit as it is supposed
> to be 1/10,000 of the distance from a pole to the
> equator. It makes satcoms calculations agreeable.
>
> regards
>
> David Jefferies.
>
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