Your Letters
16:00 UK time, Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Re: Will British people ever think in metric? It was a pleasure to move to a fully metric country (Finland) and use just one (sensible) system!
Christian Jull
Re: metric. It is more rational - why on earth would it be better to use a system with no base whatsoever? Sixteen pounds in an ounce, 14 pounds in a stone, 12 inches in a foot, three feet in a yard, 1760 yards in a mile. It's like it's deliberately set up to confuse people. Give me metric any day.
Jenna Power
I'll not be surprised to see an article about yuletide family arguments, if people follow this advice.
Warren, Bristol
Yeah, right!
Ralph, Cumbria
I read this headline and wondered what the England and Wales Cricket Board were doing handing out vast sums of money. Maybe it was to help countries that found themselves on a sticky wicket, maybe they need "bailing" out or they were stumped for cash. I'm sorry, I may have eaten too many chocolates at work. Can I have my ball back please?
StuKP, On the boundary of Warwickshire
I enjoyed today's Random Stat. Incidentally, and apropos of nothing in particular, did you know that 69% of men lie to researchers?
GDW, Edinburgh
Tuesday's Letters up at 18:42? Does Magazine Monitor have the same postman as we do?
Rob Falconer, Llandough, Wales
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