Once again

["Christopher Lavers" <Chris.Lavers@nottingham.ac.uk>]

>Gareth Dyke wrote:
>Harsh !..... most people I know back there in the UK still measure their
>height in feet and inches, and buy their bananas by the pound .....

Aye, tis true, but we Brits have to be careful how we measure things now for 
fear of European retribution. We've just had a celebrated court case where a 
market trader was convicted of selling bananas by the pound (or refusing to 
sell them by the kilo, or something).

Vive la difference, s'what I say.
C