IMM wrote:

"Andy Wade" wrote in message
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"Martin Angove" wrote in message
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The standard way of stating metric fuel economy is liters per 100 km,

That's consumption, not economy. MPG represents economy. Somebody
pointed
once out on cam.misc a while back that vehicle fuel consumption could be
measured in square millimetres -- think about it :-)

And why do so many rant on so much about the pint as the last bastion of
imperialism? Round it up to 600 ml -- over 5% more beer per round; what
could possibly be wrong with that?

exactly! make 600mm a point of sale alcohol pint. then the narrow minded
will be at ease.


600mm! That's almost two foot (with apologies to Tony Hancock) ;-)

Anyway, what's wrong with going the whole hog and selling beer in
*litres*? That would also help the Govt. achieve the targets agreed at
the Kyoto(sp?) summit as you would waste less energy due to making fewer
trips to the bar :-P


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