And finally for now :-
"90% of goods have been sold in metric for years "
Hardly sourced definitive Government statistics with references.
(Are 95% of statistics made up ?)
"The vast majority (4 out of 5) of weighing machines have now been converted and now that the case is over (I do believe that he was referring to the ongoing Metric Martyrs case) we hope the remaining traders will convert."
I do believe that there are 40,000 imperial scales still out there........some minority !
And finally,
"to people who have grown up in the last 25 years pounds and ounces have little meaning."
My ten year old son and his friend were comparing their weights last night.
"I'm 6 stone 5 pounds" said my son.
His friend, an avid WWF Fan (the wrestling not the wildlife) said "that makes Big Tower nearly 27 stones heavier".
Curious I asked what they were in metric.
"We only use metric weights at school " was the reply.
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