Re: NEC-LIST: Imperial metrics in the UK

Nearly all thirsty adults worldwide understand "pints"
and some underage people too
the Brits had a lot to do with that.........

At 08:18 PM 3/1/2003 +0000, David Jefferies wrote:
>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!)
SNIP>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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