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  1. 09-06-2009, 09:10 AM #10
    TheHeathens
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    Re: Makes you proud to be Brit

    Quote Originally Posted by christopher leigh View Post
    About 8 years ago council workers were fining and confiscating scales from greengrocers who were selling in pounds and ounces. How many middle of the road non-racists spoke up for them?
    Obviously someone did because "after years of wrangling between London and Brussels" they decided to scrap the scheme. I agree with what you are saying about the actual man on the market stall though - it was the council workers being jobsworths.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6988521.stm

    As a side issue, why are we using the imperial system anyway? I thought my parents generation were meant to be the last ones that had to learn two systems? The metric system is much simpler to use.
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