On Saturday 15 Jan 2011 09:54, Ian Bingham scribbled:


"Phil Layton" wrote in message
...
It looks like the aviation standard will become hectopascals before the
year is out...

Much easier to say :-(

And the motto of the powers-that-be is: if the man-in-the-street is
beginning to understand a technical term, invent a new one that he doesn't
understand.


At least hPa can't be confused with computer memory. ;-)

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Graham Davis, Bracknell
It was raining cats and dogs and I fell in a poodle. [Chic
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