BF> Ahhh... Seems reasonable enough. But not really to a Swede like me.
BF> As you might know Sweden turned to driving on the right side of the BF> road in 1967.
Yes, I remember that.
BF> Our previous left drive wasn't really broke, and we didn't have much BF> traffic from abroad on our peninsula, but we changed never the less.
But weren't all your vehicles LHD long before you went over to driving on the right?
BF> It cost quite a few millions but we made it. Maybe the UK could make BF> it too -- if for nothing else, it would make it much more easy for your BF> few car manufactures left?
Everyone seems to forget that there are quite a few other countries that still drive on the left:
BF> How many more generations do you think it will take before the old BF> UK citizens will be accustomed to the metric system?
It's waiting for old fogeys like me to die off. Kids in school are taught metric. My grandchildren don't understand feet and inches.
One thing that annoys me is that we seem to have approved a new spelling of ton. It is now tonne. I know what the difference is but even where it is used in a figurative way it is still spelt tonne.
DR>> At least we gave up pounds, shillings and pence in 1972. But that was so DR>> that manufacturers could put prices up.
BF> Yeah, I remember those days. I worked in London several times in the BF> late 1960s and the early 1970s and you guys were really, really BF> confused by then.
Not as confused as the French when they went over to the euro. My poor neighbour had to convert everything to francs before he could understand it. I'm sure that was one of the reasons why he committed suicide!
DR>> No, we're certainly not in love with the USA. We just didn't trust DR>> Napoleon. Still don't.
BF> Some of your politicians seem to have a crush on the US, at least. BF> The illegal US war on Iraq springs to mind.
Tony Blair wasn't in love with the US. He just wanted people to think that he had an influence with the American president. The fact is, pretty well all our prime ministers want people to think that! Blair joined in the Iraq war because he couldn't face the thought that Bush would call him a cowardy custard. Oh, the humiliation!
David
-- Formerly ICHTHUS (Reading) UK (1987-2007 R.I.P.) (2:292/854.110)
