[modeleng] Re: Harrogate ME Exhibition

That is true enough but they actually have the original gallon: we changed ours 
in the 19th C as an early step towards decimalisation. Ye Olde Englisshe florin 
(ie 2 bob = two shillings = 1/10 pound sterling) was also an move towards 19th 
C decimalisaton.> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Harrogate ME Exhibition> Date: Mon, 
21 Apr 2008 16:04:34 +0100> From: chris.crosskey@xxxxxxxxx> To: 
modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Remember our gallon is bigger than there, a proper 
gallon of water> weighs ten pounds, theirs weighs 8lb, it's down to them having 
16oz> pints and us having a proper 20 ounce pint....> > chrisc>
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