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by: Vicky - Tue, 23 Apr 2024 17:40 UTC

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by: J. P. Gilliver - Wed, 24 Apr 2024 21:12 UTC

In message <4fsf2jta3adlqp2veg81rt5sbustgts69t@4ax.com> at Tue, 23 Apr
2024 18:40:13, Vicky <vicky.ayech@gmail.com> writes
>I was out of the country for some months when the switch happened, in
>the 70s? and still prefer pounds, feet and miles. Babies in kilos was
>odd.
>https://www.gransnet.com/forums/chat/1334885-Six-foot-two-eyes-of-blue-k
>g-v-lb-cm-v-ft-ins?utm_source=brevo&utm_campaign=Gransnet%20Daily%202304
>24%20Tuesday&utm_medium=email

"I don't know his weight,
in pounds, shillings, and ounces
but he always seemed bigger,
because of his bounces"

(recalling from memory of five-plus decades ago, so words may not be
quite correct).

A. A. Milne (on Tigger)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

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Subject	Author
grans talked about metric or imperial measurements	Vicky
Re: grans talked about metric or imperial measurements	J. P. Gilliver