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   From: charles@charleshope.demon.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.   
      
   of course their volume system has more logic than ours.  There are 16oz in   
   the pound, so they have 16 fluid oz in the pint.  It means a pint of water   
   weighs a pound.   
      
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