Posted by David Bamford on September 16, 2004 at 22:25:55 from 203.10.110.132 user David.
In Reply to: Re: Ghastly Mess (was A Ransome Moment) posted by John Nichols on September 16, 2004 at 19:13:46:
Fortunately, imperial measurements are presrved for posterity in a bar of metal set into the pavement outside Birmingham Town Hall. The inch, the foot, the yard, the perch, the furlong - they're all there.
As for should we protect children's lives; some of the kids that I remember from my schooldays I would cheerfully have seen come to a sticky end, and the sooner the better.
David.