Hi listers, I live in the USA. Now and then I read a little of the "London Times" on-line. Today there is an interesting article about a grocer who got in trouble for selling bananas by the pound. I tried a search for the EU (European Union) on google.com and am more confused about the EU - they have an office in my Washington, DC, USA. Would this be like an ambassador's office? I don't mean to offend anyone by my questions, but is the term "Great Britian" no longer to be used? If I can still refer to Great Britian, what is it now? What is the "United Kingdom". Is this the term which has replaced the use of "Great Britian"? I notice when my Public Broadcasting TV has a cooking show from England the recipes are not in metric system quantities. Are most cookbooks in England and Wales using metric system amounts? If not, why did the grocer do wrong by selling bananas by the pound? The average American citizen has firmly refused the use of metric system measurements - me included. Elida in South Carolina