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Whatever the metrication fanatics and Neil Kinnock think, far from needing to spend millions on Km. road signs, before the Olympics, we shall all still be watching them on sets measured in inches!

I don't know, my old 21" set has always been 53cm... (And I suppose that speed limit on British freeways is about 200000 furlongs per fortnight, no?)

Seriously, I lament demise of imperial units (and especially decimalization of GBP) - it was always fun to boast my knowledge of the fact that a 400 guinea suit can be had for 403200 farthings. It's only strange that banks never wanted to exchange my 1 GBP note for a troy pound of sterling silver...

Was it here that someone posted a photo of a road sign to the effect of "speed limit 60 km/h for next 2 miles"?

Cheers!