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GUEST,John Gray in Oz	BS: UK, EU, Metric (45)	RE: BS: UK, EU, Metric	13 Sep 07
We went metric here in Oz about 40 years ago. Love it. Remember multiplying 3 pounds 7 shillings and fourpence ha'penny by 13 pounds 3 shillings and fivepence ha'penny ? Give me a break. Who needs that ? Ditto for length with yards, feet, inches & fractions of an inch. I'm in industrial instruments now and we still have a few Luddites who ask for gauges with PSI ( pounds per square inch ) ranges. When I say gauges now have metric dials ( kiloPascal is the standard in Oz ) they generally reply that they "don't understand those kPa thingies" to which I reply " oh, so you pay for your beer in Pounds, Shillings & Pence do you ?" Some still insist on PSI units but they realise they're in the wrong century when I inform them that Neanderthals are good money spinners for us as we charge an extra $50 per gauge for PSI scales. JG / FME

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