Converters (length, temperature etc.)

[Paul T]

Gerry,

Typing things into google can be very useful.  If you ever need to work out how far apart places are just type in something along the lines of "how far is Canberra from Sydney" (obviously you insert the relevent names) into the search area of your web browser, and it will usually come up with a result.  I often use these sentence type constructions and find them almost always perfect for finding an answer.

[Rick R.]

Hey, Rick! Great to hear from you - on any subject.
Winter still fast upon you in Minnesota, I expect?

And we just received 18.5 inches (47cm) of additional snow day before yesterday.  Our NARGS chapter still fondly remembers Ian's visit here years ago.  I still regret not being able to get him up to see Betty Ann at Rice Creek Gardens.  He lives on in an article I originally wrote for our  Minnesota Chapter newsletter:
http://nargs.org/nargswiki/tiki-index.php?page=Soil+for+Rock+Gardens+and+Troughs

[Maggi Young]

Hey, Rick! Great to hear from you - on any subject.
Winter still fast upon you in Minnesota, I expect?

And we just received 18.5 inches (47cm) of additional snow day before yesterday.  Our NARGS chapter still fondly remembers Ian's visit here years ago.  I still regret not being able to get him up to see Betty Ann at Rice Creek Gardens.  He lives on in an article I originally wrote for our  Minnesota Chapter newsletter:
http://nargs.org/nargswiki/tiki-index.php?page=Soil+for+Rock+Gardens+and+Troughs

 Heck, Rick, invite him again... he'd love to return ....  

We have met so many great Minnesotans at the International conferences,too, though I know one or two have passed away from the "Gang " in 1991, for instance.

I hope there will be a super bunch from your State to meet in Nottingham in April.

And we just received 18.5 inches (47cm) of additional snow day before yesterday.

.... always supposing the Minnesota delegates  can dig their way to the airport in time!

Too much snow. 

[shelagh]

I was trying to check UK Pounds against Swiis francs, coundn't find £ sterling, are my eyes going?

[Maggi Young]

For Sterling conversion try GBP, that's the abbreviation the banks use.

http://www.exchangerates.org.uk/Swiss-Francs-to-Pounds-currency-conversion-page.html