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Old December 30th 11, 01:24 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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(Phil Kane) wrote:

On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:52:10 +0000, "
wrote:

People are still weighed in stone, with 1 stone equalling 14 pounds.

Those of us who survived engineering school in the 1950s (even in "the
colonies") can still resonate with the stone-furlong-fortnight system
of units.

In my day (1968-72) it was the ton-furlong-fortnight system. Much more
balanced.

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Colin Rosenstiel
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