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From: Jim Goloboy on 3 Aug 2010 14:38
On Aug 3, 2:22 pm, b...(a)ipp-garching.mpg.de (Bruce D. Scott) wrote:
> Quincy (ab...(a)email.de) wrote:
>
> : On 3 Aug., 10:25, anders t <anthu_001(a)no_-_spam_.hotmail.com> wrote:
> : > Quoting Insane Ranter in rec.sport.soccer:
> : >
> : > >On Aug 3, 3:45=A0am, anders t <anthu_001(a)no_-_spam_.hotmail.com> wrote:
> : > >> What makes USA level with only Burma and Liberia?
> : >
> : > >> Hint: a kind of conservatism.
> : >
> : > >They use Fahrenheit or don't use the metric system.
> : >
> : > Well, I thought of the metric system (don't know about Fahrenheit).
> : >
> : > Only three countries in the world to predominantly not use the metric
> : > system.
>
> : What about England?!
>
> I think the "pint" is the last exception which is still officially valid

UK road signs still use imperial units.

From: Paul C on 6 Aug 2010 09:27
"Jim Goloboy" <jim.goloboy(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Aug 3, 2:22 pm, b...(a)ipp-garching.mpg.de (Bruce D. Scott) wrote:
> Quincy (ab...(a)email.de) wrote:

> : What about England?!
>
> I think the "pint" is the last exception which is still officially valid

Le pinte now seems to be very common in France - well in Paris anyway.

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