tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898218802151436295.post7808771894852837870..comments2023-10-11T06:06:57.726-07:00Comments on For Better or Worsted: MetricationKristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14421150270049125967noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898218802151436295.post-43669205681613014762007-12-09T13:49:00.000-08:002007-12-09T13:49:00.000-08:00In the words of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman:"N...In the words of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman:<BR/><BR/>"NOTE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND AMERICANS: ...It helps to understand the antique finances of the Witchfinder Army if you know the original British monetary system:<BR/><BR/>Two Farthings = One Ha'penny. Two Ha'pennies = One Penny. Three Pennies = A Thrupenny Bit. Two Thrupences = A Sixpence. Two Sixpences = One Shilling, or Bob. Two Bob = A Florin. One Florin and One Sixpence = Half a Crown. Four Half Crowns = Ten Bob Note. Two Ten Bob Notes = One Pound (or 240 pennies). One Pound and One Shilling = One Guinea.<BR/><BR/>The British resisted decimalized currency for a long time because they thought it was too complicated."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13358765787567394445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4898218802151436295.post-78673447249980693382007-12-07T04:41:00.000-08:002007-12-07T04:41:00.000-08:00Well done for making the leap into the present. I...Well done for making the leap into the present. It's difficult working in metric in a country of idiots like the British and the Americans. My height is 1.88 m and I weigh 102 kg (bit overweight!). My car does 11 l/100 km and my son weighed 4.85 kg at birth (BIG baby). My journey to work is 55 km. If you tell people in the UK they think you're odd, and they don't understand you. In fact THEY are odd, and I don't understand them. Any of them.Dave Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10517063689093891728noreply@blogger.com