On 2/12/2013 4:33 PM, Peter Dillane wrote:
> And by the by in my own early schooling we had to learn pounds shillings and pence and chains and furlongs which at least had the organising principle of the cricket pitch which we knew, and  I am happy to no longer have to think avoirdupois. They say Australian girls are bad at math because they are told by their boyfriends that six inches is a foot.
      Think I'll let that one remain down under.....