Imperial measures are here to stay.

[RobB]

Wonderful news from the Uk and that is we're going to keep our imperial mesaures so its still 3 MILES that I have to walk into town and I'm still 6 FEET tall.
Thats a relief.

So,once again its a big to Europe.

[blue]

Bugger, I'm still 5ft 2, then.

1.6 metres makes me sound much taller.

[sound world]

Really?
Great.Long live florins,furlongs,rods,poles,perches,and all those other wonderful words and their bizarre-but empirical,based on experience- measures.

[RobB]

Bugger, I'm still 5ft 2, then.

Think yourself lucky you're got the 2 in there.....my partner is just stuck with the 5ft.

[RobB]

Really?
Great.Long live florins,furlongs,rods,poles,perches,and all those other wonderful words and their bizarre-but empirical,based on experience- measures.

In case anyone is wondering what those terms are,Dave is quoting measurements used in:
Coins,horse racing,fishing,more fishing and budgie rearing.

[wirbel]

good thing you guys are on an island

[sound world]

Really?
Great.Long live florins,furlongs,rods,poles,perches,and all those other wonderful words and their bizarre-but empirical,based on experience- measures.

In case anyone is wondering what those terms are,Dave is quoting measurements used in:
Coins,horse racing,fishing,more fishing and budgie rearing.

That's right,budgie rearing-
2 swings=1 mirror
3 mirrors=1 bell
4 bells=1 cuttlefish
2 cuttlefishes=1 perch
5 perches=a lot of shit

[blue]

good thing you guys are on an island

Not really, when there's 60 million of us.

Anyway, I'm sure the seas must have fallen dramatically recently because somehow we've formed a direct land connection to Poland. Everybody here is Polish now, even our road signs are starting to be written in Polish.