On Sat, 30 Dec 2000 09:02:44 -0500, "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >2000-12-30 > >Yes Chris, a good letter, but what does the following sentence mean? > >In 1970 I sat the first all-metric GCE O levels. Thanks, John. 'GCE' was 'General Certificate of Education', 'O'-level = 'Ordinary level', sat at about age 15. GCE 'A'-levels were exams taken at 17/18 prior to university entry. >Also, what were the entire contents of the letter Dr John Whittaker (letter, >December 20)? I tried searching the site for an archive of this letter, but >no luck. It should be still available, but he claimed that no-one wanted metrication. I'll look later for the original. Chris -- Metrication information: http://www.metric.org.uk/ UK legislation, EC Directives, Trading Standards links and more Pro-metric mailing list now available.
