On 2/12/2013 4:26 PM, Peter Dillane wrote:
> Hi Ken,
>
> Australia went metric in the early 70s but many years later one of our football commentators came out with the wonderful observation "he's lining up for goal about fifty meters out and..... he's missed it by a mile"

      Oops. Multicultural I guess. Or the authentication of the metric mile.

   KA