Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 03:48:34 +0000 From: Pooh Bear <rabbitsfriendsandrelationsnospamail.com> Subject: Re: 9-5 petrol mileage?
Peter Wilkins wrote: > On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 21:52:20 +0000, Pooh Bear > <rabbitsfriendsandrelationsnospamail.com> wrote : > > >Pls try to avoid US-centric speak. The Internet does actually extend beyond the > >frontiers of the USA ! Dunno why you US guys made your gallons ( and tons ) > >smaller than ours either ! > > > Hey, the british empire died yonks ago, are you still dreaming of > ancient glory? I can understand his requirements, why can't you? > > And why are both of you still stuck with outdated gallons and tons of > whatever size when you should have gone metric? In the UK - fuel is sold by the litre and mass is measured in kg and tonnes. It's just the US that's dragging its feet. The UK does admittedly use 'tradional' units for some everday measurements as a legacy measure but these are normally accompanied by their metric equivalents. For some curious reason we still use miles. I wouldn't object to converting to km but I hate to think what the cost of changing road signs would be ! Graham
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