I remember when the debate was going on in Canada (thank goodness we finally saw the light and went metric), a very angry and indignant woman wrote in to the newspaper, obviously in great exasperation, that the "next thing you know they're going to change our monetary system to metric too".

I literally howled.

Alan

>>But why - it's so logical: if one foot has twelve inches, and one yard has three feet (funny animal, eh?), then how many ounces go into a pound? Of course, sixteen. Given all that, how many feet in a mile?
>>It's so easy to understand (neither do I :).
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>LOL
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>feet? yard? gallons? pounds??? Stop, you´re killing me!!! :)