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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.

IIRC, it has. The UK one was changed sometime after US independence. They
stuck to the old units, understandably.

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