Re: when is a billion not a billion

In article <13gfd4o9mfcfv3c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Mike Terry"
<news.dead.person.stones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Proginoskes" <CCHeckman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Oct 5, 5:15 pm, Marshall <marshall.spi...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Oct 5, 10:07 am, magi...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Arturo Magidin) wrote:

In article <fe5qvh$dg...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, don <d...@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Why is the United States 1 billion 1000 times smaller then the
British 1
billion?

Britain has been in existence far longer than the U.S., so clearly
they've had more accumulated inflation.

The difference between Britain and the U.S.:

Britain: 100 miles is a long way.

Shouldn't that be "kilometers"?

No - we still use miles in Britain! And a recent EU ruling effectively
means they have given up trying to make us give up our Imperial units, so
miles, pounds, gallons etc. should be safe over here for the forseeable
future :-)

By law it is unlawful to refuse to trade
or deal in metric quantities in the USA.
Is there such a law in Britain?

For the home crowd, when was this law enacted?

--
Michael Press
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