At 6:17 am +0100 4/10/04, <spacenews at lineone.net> wrote: > >Oddly, we do use metric for all weights - and boy, does that confuse me. >Don't even get me started on Centigrade vs Farhenheit ........ > A market salesman was hauled up in court for continuing to sell loose fruit items in 'pounds' rather than 'kilos' - true! dmh