Monthly Archives: December 2010

Does the failure of the English World Cup bid have any lessons for supporters of completing metrication?

Posted on 2010-12-07 by Erithacus

What on earth has the football World Cup got to do with metrication?  Nothing, you might say…but…on reflection, is there a connection?

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Snow calculations made simple, or not

Posted on 2010-12-04 by derekp

One of our readers, John Frewen-Lord, has been housebound for four days by the recent heavy snow falls – about 60 cm deep in his area. This has prompted him to provide an illustration of the comparative simplicity of calculating … Continue reading →

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