POUNDS and ounces have been reprieved for another decade. Hurrah.
Still, they've never really vanished in our area. Stallholders will be allowed to use imperial measure scales alongside metric -- just like they have since they were supposedly made illegal last year.
What a relief for the golden oldies. I can hear the cheers going up from those still battling with the conversion to decimal currency since 1971.
I still can't believe that 225 grams is half a pound or thereabouts. I don't know why but it seems a heck of a lot less.
I wonder when Europe will decree we have to drive on the right?
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