On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 11:30:21 -0000, "Will Hand"
wrote:


"John Hall" wrote in message
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In article ,
Phil Layton writes:
It looks like the aviation standard will become hectopascals before the
year is out...

Much easier to say :-(

Some of us are still struggling to forget inches of mercury.

Good grief! They went out in the Stone Age. I'm an SI man, Pascals (OK hecto
if you wish), Kelvin (OK C if you wish), Metres, Kg but I do like my wind
speeds in knots :-)

Will

m/s to knots is not so hard to do in your head.

Well I have been S.I. since aged 7 in the early 1970s so why do I
have work in miles, miles per hour etc.? More worryingly my 7 year
old knows her weight in stone and not kilos. Her height she knows in
centimetres.

Yes, I do drink in pints - but only in the UK - in the US the 16oz
pint is only about 5% short of 0.5 litres. Mind you some of the UK
pints I get poured for me are closer to 0.5 litres anyway!

cheers, Andy