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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.


I thought the American Pint, at 16 fluid Ounces, was simply a hangover
from the old 16th Century English Pint. The early settlers took the
measures over with them to America, and due to chauvinist reasons, never
adopted the later 'Imperial' Pint of 20 fluid Ounces.
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Chris Morriss