Monthly Archives: December 2011

Battle of the dinosaurs

Posted on 2011-12-29 by derekp

Metric Views marks the end of 2011 by drawing attention to a recent exchange of letters in the Irish Times, one looking backwards, the other with a message to take into 2012.

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The Ten Days of Christmas

Posted on 2011-12-23 by Erithacus

One of our regular readers, John Frewen-Lord, offers this contribution to the festive fare:

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Which? sees the light – and Panorama joins in

Posted on 2011-12-19 by Erithacus

By an odd co-incidence both “Which?” magazine and the BBC’s flagship “Panorama” programme  have recently run stories on the scams employed by the big supermarkets to prevent customers from comparing “value for money” in their weekly shopping. However, despite their … Continue reading →

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Heading for the exit?

Posted on 2011-12-10 by derekp

Problems of sovereign debt in the eurozone have seen the UK side-tracked in EU decision making, and, say some commentators, headed for the exit. Is this situation likely to impact on the UK’s stalled metric changeover?

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Who should pay for metrication of road signs?

Posted on 2011-12-02 by Erithacus

The Department for Transport have claimed that converting road signs to show metric units would be an unjustifiable diversion of resources from other priority areas.  So is there an argument that the costs should be met from some other budget?  … Continue reading →

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