Jane, Many thanks for these explanations. Elida in SC, USA Researching: PARSELL & POWELL prior to 1870 in St. Issell's Parish, Pembrokeshire. ----- Original Message ----- From: "buttery" <bbuttery@mnsi.net> To: "Elida" <elida@signature.cc>; <WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 11:22 AM Subject: Re: [WLS-PEMBROKESHIRE] Non-genealogy - Definition? > > Gerry Lewis said (I'm) a Welshman with a British passport living in England . > > Elida, you understood:- Interesting that a Welshman would need a > Britishpassport to live in England - that's beyond my comprehension. I go > intoCanada and Mexico with nothing but my resident state's drivers license. > Elida , he was just making a joke as well as stating a fact. I am Welsh and > live in Canada. I did NOT need a British passport just to travel around in UK . > It is just that ALL residents get the same passport to go outside UK to europe > etc. I have had a Canadian passport but am returning to UK one as it is issued > for 10years and my husband always uses his. Our children use their own now so we > want to be together in line!In fact when I went to UK I would never have my > passport stamped as I was always considered British. The EU is useful in Europe > too now. > In Canada we buy petrol(gas) in litres, milk in litres and everything is priced > that way as the government insists. It is just that pound prices are given as > well! It is also a better system as it is based on"10" not 12 , 3 feet or 1,760 > yards etc.It is more consistent. Scientists world wide has used it for hundreds > of years. We have legally had it in Canada for about 30 years now. > Hope this explains the metric matter for you > Jane (Davies) Buttery- near Detroit ( a French name) > PS All early concession were laid out metrically round here by the French Our > road 3 is exactly 1 km from road 4. Narrow river lots are based on it too!! >