Web Page No 2480
2nd June 2018
First Picture: Balance
Scale
Third Picture: New Zealand
Butter
Something else that has
been forwarded to me
We all identify with
this?
Pounds and Ounces
I
think I will bake a cake today,
We
can have some for tea,
Coffee,
walnut, lemon drizzle
Or
plain jam sponge maybe
But
when I read the recipe
I guess I shouldn't say
I still use pounds and
ounces
Like Mum did in her day
I’ve never come to terms
With kilograms and litres
My mind still works in
feet and yards and yards. I never think in metres.
When I was a little girl
We learned each day in school
That 16 ounces weighed one pound.
We knew that was the rule.
And we were taught in inches.
It wasn't very hard.
That 12 of those made up one foot
And three of those a yard.
Twelve pennies made one shilling.
A tanner' was just six
pence
A half a crown was two-and-six.
To us it all made sense.
Baking cakes and cooking
Has always been a
pleasure-
But now It's sometimes difficult
To deal with metric
measure.
I see a pack of butter.
That's half a pound to me
But writing on the packet says
two hundred and fifty g.
And when I see two pints of milk
My mind is in a fix.
For litres on the carton
state:
One -point one, three,
six,
I still use fluid ounces
When I measure milk or juice.
The use of milliliters, well,
To meiIs not much use.
And as for those
kilometres
They're really not my
style.
If I see something nasty
I would surely 'run a mile'.
Some people say I'm more mature
I’m certainly not thick
But all those things I learnt at school
They seemed somehow to stick
Still wait till we're
through Brexit
And Theresa May announces
'We've now come out of the EU
It's back to pounds and ounces.'
Written by
a lady on Hayling Island but I think we can all sympathize with her, I know I
still think in feet and inches, pints and gallons and pounds and ounces!!!
Keep
in touch
Yours
Peter
gsseditor@gmail.com
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News and Views:
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02/06/1960 the number one single was Cathy's Clown -
Everly Brothers and the number one album was South Pacific
Soundtrack. The top rated TV show was Wagon Train (ITV) and the box
office smash was Psycho.
A pound of today's money was worth £13.68 and Burnley were on the way to
becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.
On
02/06/1961 the number one single was Surrender - Elvis
Presley and the number one album was GI Blues - Elvis Presley. The
top rated TV show was No Hiding Place (AR) and the box office smash was One Hundred and
One Dalmations. A pound of today's money was worth £13.25 and
Tottenham Hotspur were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1
champions.
On
02/06/1962 the number one single was Good Luck Charm -
Elvis Presley and the number one album was Blue Hawaii - Elvis
Presley. The top rated TV show was Coronation Street
(Granada) and the box office smash was Lawrence of Arabia.
A pound of today's money was worth £12.89 and Ipswich Town were on the way to
becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.
On
02/06/1963 the number one single was From Me To You -
The Beatles and the number one album was Please Please Me - The
Beatles. The top rated TV show was Coronation Street
(Granada) and the box office smash was The Great Escape. A pound of
today's money was worth £12.64 and Everton were on the way to becoming the
Season's Division 1 champions.
On
02/06/1963 the number one single was From Me To You -
The Beatles and the number one album was Please Please Me - The
Beatles. The top rated TV show was Coronation Street
(Granada) and the box office smash was The Great Escape. A pound of
today's money was worth £12.64 and Everton were on the way to becoming the
Season's Division 1 champions.
On
04/06/1965 the number one single was Long Live Love -
Sandie Shaw and the number one album was Bringing It All Back Home -
Bob Dylan. The top rated TV show was Coronation Street
(Granada) and the box office smash was The Sound of Music. A pound
of today's money was worth £11.69 and Manchester United were on the way to
becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.
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