Metric essay

[Aaron Willis]

At 03:51 AM 6/6/99 EDT, you wrote:
>
>Great Mother of Pearl! I never realised how awfull it is! Next time you need 
>to figure out how many furlongs per fortnight you can do with a 50 hogshead 
>load let me know and I'll work it out for you. I hate to see people suffer.
>
>Charlie Springer
>
	Surprised nobody's mentioned STONE yet...a very handy unit of measurement.
 If only i can remember how many pounds there are in a stone...or is it
farthings?  This whole thread reminds me of the Airspeed Velocity of an
Unladen Swallow thread in Monty Python and the Holy Grail!  "Is that an
African swallow or a European swallow?"
	"Well...I don't know that!   AAaaaaaahhhhhrrgghh...."  ;-)



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