"Owain" wrote in message
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"Andrew McKay" wrote
| Just wondering whether people still use inches or whether they've
| converted to metric?
| I'm still into measuring using the old imperial system - a piece of 4
| by 2 sounds a whole lot better than 100 by 50

I see little problem with mixing measurements where useful. Millimetres
are
better for anything less than an inch. Milk is in pints, but beer is in
half-litres.

Not where I drink, beer in britain is sold by the pint.

Alan
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