Subject: [LML] Re: Yewnits
In the interest of accuracy and harmony,
may I correct you? The UK
changed over to metric in stages, starting with measurements. When they
changed from gallons (real Imperial ones, not these pansy US gallons) to liters,
there was a revolt. So the change from miles to kilometers was
stopped. Permanently. Only in the UK do you measure fuel consumption
in litres per 100 miles. A superb British compromise.
I had to move to Texas.
Jerry Fisher
Jim Cameron wrote:
(Ain't it amazin' that we got to the moon working in
British units?)
The Brits invented them, convinced us to use them, then switched to metric and
now laugh at our quaint colonial ways.
RMS