Eric D wrote: >RANT WARNING:..... > >If people want to be dumb enough to use imperial measures, why don't they >just start using base-12 or base-16 for calculations (base-16 would be about >as logical and easy to use as pounds, inches, feet, yards, miles, ounces, >quarts, gallons, etc.)? > >Anyway, that's my _incoherent_ rant on the subject!!! > >Eric. > > > My Expat Brit Ranting. While I agree with your sentiments, methinks you had better visit the UK sometime. Imperial is used often, but metric is making big inroads, even on my last visit in 1999, partly because of the Euro & ECC. Most Canadians still think in Imperial; check the supermarket's pricing. TTFN, TeeC _________________________________________________ For information concerning the MUGLO List just click on http://muglo.on.ca/pages/members.html#Joinmuglo Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: http://muglo.on.ca/