The news that bird flu has broken out at a turkey farm near Holton, Suffolk illustrates once again the difficulty that the Government has in trying to run with an “official” system of weights and measures while doing nothing to encourage its use.
If you are thinking of visiting the moon, you will now need to take only one set of spanners. (News item reported by two UK Metric Association members). (more…)
Suggestions, and a request for these to be forwarded on to the organisations and individuals…[article contributed by PB]
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Welcome to ‘Metric Views’, a UK Metric Association website. This website aims to provide information and comment about the UK’s transition to the global metric system of measurement, and show why the UK should complete the changeover as quickly as possible.