"Dev Null" wrote in message
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On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 12:29:06 +0100, "Neil Jones"
wrote:


No, but if he refuses to to use metric then he's in trouble.

[re selling copper by the stone]

Why? - some metals are sold by the troy ounce - none of your
Frenchified "having of the pound" ounces either. Real ounces!

Seems to work for the Bank of England ...


I assumed William was referring to the so-called 'metric martyrs' who,
contratry to newspaper reports, were not prosecuted for selling in
imperial weights, but for refusing to sell in metric.

Neil