From: admin@127.0.0.1   
      
   On Sat, 3 Jan 2026 14:26:55 -0000 (UTC)   
   Lars Poulsen  wrote:   
   []   
   >   
   > *The Metric Reform*   
   >   
   > Around 1963, the Bristish government pushed through a general conversion   
      
   1973 would be nearer when decimal coins came in.   
      
   > to the metric system. personally remember a set of posters published by   
   > the Construction Industry Training Board, which I ordered through the   
   > mail after hearing them advertized on Radio Luxembourg. English born   
   > colleagues remember ditties they learned in school, such as "a litre of   
   > water's a pint and three quarters" or "two and a quarter pounds of jam   
   > weighs about a kilogram".   
   >   
      
   Boards are still 8ft, er,  I mean 2400mm long   
      
   --   
   Bah, and indeed Humbug.   
      
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