On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 1:50 AM, Mark Lawrence <breamore...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On 03/07/2012 03:25, John O'Hagan wrote: >> >> On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 11:22:55 +1000 >> >> I agree to some extent, but as a counter-example, when I was a child there >> a subject called "Weights and Measures" which is now redundant because of >> the >> Metric system. I don't miss hogsheads and fathoms at all. >> >> John >> > > I weigh 13st 8lb - does this make me redundant?
Yes, because somewhere in the world is someone who weighs (... pulls out calculator...) 86kg. After all, the French had a bloody revolution to get us a new system without any of the old baggage. We don't want to disappoint the French now, do we! ChrisA lemme just dislodge my tongue from my cheek, it seems to be stuck... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
