POUNDS and ounces have been reprieved for another decade. Hurrah.

Still, they've never really vanished in our area. Stallholders will be allowed to use imperial measure scales alongside metric -- just like they have since they were supposedly made illegal last year.

What a relief for the golden oldies. I can hear the cheers going up from those still battling with the conversion to decimal currency since 1971.

I still can't believe that 225 grams is half a pound or thereabouts. I don't know why but it seems a heck of a lot less.

I wonder when Europe will decree we have to drive on the right?