21 to 32 of 32 messages Bionic Ironwolf    pirate 30/10/2002 at
20:49 PB - after so many years living in Germany and working
with Americans I don't convert them. I have a measuring scale
that shows both kilos and pounds, and a set of American
measuring cups for American weights. 31/10/2002 at 12:10 But how
many Angstroms are there in a chain? That one always throws me.
01/11/2002 at 09:46 Nigel - why bother converting? Just stick to
either metric or imperial and work with that - preferably metric
in my view (see another thread about this). Don't see any point
in working with both measures. 01/11/2002 at 09:54 yes there is
- we live in a country which uses both sets of units & run races
measured in either 01/11/2002 at 10:03 Exactly - it's about time
the UK got rid of imperial as it's not taught these days; apart
from pints in pubs you can't buy anything measured or weighed in
imperial; so why we have to persist with it is beyond me.
01/11/2002 at 10:10 How old are you FBF? This may be an age-
related thing. I'