Invisible wrote:
> Not to mention people's weight and height (but not clothing 
> measurements, oddly enough). 

Oh, tell me about clothing in the USA. Where women's sizes get larger 
and larger for the same number. My wife has gone from a 6 to a 4 to a 2, 
just by *not* getting fat. :-)

> Until recently most food was sold in 
> imperial units. AFAIK wood is still sold as "two-be-four". ;-)

And where it's sold in metric units, I understand, it's sold in lengths 
of (for example) 120 cm, rather than a meter, because you can't cut a 
meter in thirds.

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)

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