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From: RustyHinge <rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Artemis 1 Launch Live
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On 01/09/2022 19:17, John Williamson wrote:
> On 01/09/2022 18:58, RustyHinge wrote:
> 
>> Dunno why we ever stopped using *proper* measurements. (And money -
>> don't forget the money! Ed)
>>
> Furlongs, Firkins and Fortnights?

Not to mention ells, ems, ergs, drams, drachms, skins, crans, 
hundredweights, leagues, grains, pennyweights and oodles.

-- 
Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.