Message Forum: Re: The EVIL Metric system taking away my HERITAGE

Re: The EVIL Metric system taking away my HERITAGE

Posted By: wintermute, on host 195.153.64.90
Date: Wednesday, July 18, 2001, at 01:07:24
In Reply To: Re: The EVIL Metric system taking away my HERITAGE posted by Fuzzpilz on Tuesday, July 17, 2001, at 09:36:43:

> Fuzz"hundredweight!=100 weight units, or am I wrong?"pilz

In the US system 1 hundredweight (cwt.) = 100 pounds. In the Imperial system, it's 112 pounds.

Don't ask me why. I've been trying to work that one out for years

winter"but there you have it"mute