Timothy Partridge scripsit: > In the UK the inch is now defined as 25.4mm rather than a subdivision of a > standard yard kept under lock and key.
True enough, but the yard is still exactly 36 inches. -- If you have ever wondered if you are in hell, John Cowan it has been said, then you are on a well-traveled http://www.ccil.org/~cowan road of spiritual inquiry. If you are absolutely http://www.reutershealth.com sure you are in hell, however, then you must be [EMAIL PROTECTED] on the Cross Bronx Expressway. --Alan Feur, NYTimes, 2002-09-20