UK and the EU

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  1. Phil A

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    I define it as 45.72 centimetres :)
     
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      As an aside, the old £sd currency was based on a Roman currency. Librae, Solidi, Denarii.
       
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        What are centimetres? :scratch: :old:

        Is them the things that them foreigners across the water use? :stirpot:
         
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          I've used metric measurement since 1970, but I've never used centimetres.
          I thought it was only the BBC that used them.:biggrin:
           
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            Was that before the Trojan Horse?

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            Just in case you visit Troy, here's a map for you :thumbsup:

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              Centimetres seem pointless to me. If you could assign a colour to a unit of measurement, the centimeter would be magnolia. It's too small for measuring big things, where we might use the metre or kilometre. And it's far too big to measure small things, where we might use the millimetre.
               
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                Well, 6" seems enormous to me!!! ;) :thumbsup: :loll:
                 
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                  You mean 150mil
                   
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                    :yikes: :lunapic 130165696578242 5:
                     
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                      You altered my post.:nonofinger:
                       
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                        Thank Glod for that :phew:
                         
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                          The main reason for not being part of it, Anthony, was a gentleman called Charles De Gaulle who refused our application to the then EEC in the 1960's. We joined , along with Gibraltar, Denmark, Ireland, on 1 January 1973.
                           
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                            Who? Me??? Not guilty M'lud.
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                            I wasn't there. And if I was, I didn't do it! :nonofinger:
                             
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                              Is that the same Charlie De Gaulle who sought refuge in the UK during WW2?
                               
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