On 29/01/2012 16:28, Andy Champ wrote:
On 28/01/2012 11:05, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
But of you're so dismissive of a non decimal currency, why does the US
stick to imperial measurements for just about everything else?

... except pints and gallons of course. The US "English" system has never been
used in England.


Hah, everybody knows a gallon should be an 8th part of an amphora. If it was
good enough for the Romans it should be good enough for you goddam Yanks too.