Re: Who Killed the Electric Car?

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From: Eeyore
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 13:28

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Jeroen Belleman wrote:

> John Fields wrote:
> > Eeyore wrote:
> >
> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_ounce
> >> Lucky then that almost no-one these days uses them isn't it ?
> >
> > ---
> > You never miss an opportunity to be a nasty little bitch, do you?
> >
>
> Haha! This Wikipedia article is one of the best arguments in
> favour of the metric system I've come across. What a mess!

At least the British fl oz actually weighs an ounce ! But no-one here
uses them any more. Not for ages in fact.

We have kept the pint though for certain uses (different to a US pint of
course) for traditional reasons. Asking for 568ml of beer doesn't quite
have the same ring to it.        ;~)

Gaham

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