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To: snugs

Snugs, while they had changed over to metric in the 70’s, when I was stationed in Australia in the early 80’s they still used the term stone for weight.


292 posted on 10/14/2007 11:20:32 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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To: Alas Babylon!
Same in Britain whilst most things are sold by the kg and litre we still refer to certain things such as weight by stones and ozs and milk and beer by the pint but a full measure pint not a short measure likes yours :O).
299 posted on 10/14/2007 11:31:23 AM PDT by snugs ((An English Cheney Chick - Big Time))
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