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   From: dave@davenoise.co.uk   
      
   In article <6q2dnUIu24UG7rjSnZ2dnUVZ7q-dnZ2d@eclipse.net.uk>,   
      Andy Champ  wrote:   
   > On 28/01/2012 11:05, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:   
   > > But of you're so dismissive of a non decimal currency, why does the US   
   > > stick to imperial measurements for just about everything else?   
      
   > ... except pints and gallons of course.  The US "English" system has   
   > never been used in England.   
      
   IIRC, it has. The UK one was changed sometime after US independence. They   
   stuck to the old units, understandably.   
      
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