But the English have never started using dollars....
 
The pound Sterling still exists and is in daily use today and is very  strong 
against the US dollar and against the Euro and every other  currency.
 
Steve
 
 
In a message dated 4/15/2008 3:36:40 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ writes:

>If  you'd switched to the metric system in the 70's you'd have known  that:
>
>1 mile = 1.62 Kilometers.
>
>1 km = 0.62  miles.

... and that dopllars are metric by definition. Wish the English  had
acknowledged this and dropped the silly "pound" label when  they
started using dollars...
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New  Zealand
Fossil preparator
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