PS Do you mean like the metric system as opposed to using the
PS size of a foot of a Roman soldier to measure distance :)

Nuts! It was the shoe size of Edward I of England. However, the Romans
confused everybody by defining a pace as two steps: Left and right again.
Hence mile comes from mille passi (1000 paces, or something, I stopped
Latin immediately after passing the state exam, more long ago than I care
to admit).



I stand corrected. :) So it was the shoe size of a monarch of French
ancestry (Plantagenet)
I guess the French can claim the honour of both systems then? <bg


Peo