Metric essay

[Clare Snyder]

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> 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?
14 lbs to the stone.
 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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