Not Trolling's article was great and well-written, but with so many bot discussions and rants that have taken place on these forums, not to mention plenty of botting articles in the Times, it's gotten quite boring to read over and over.
I don't think you were doing it right. With flipping, you'll be getting a pretty steady cash flow, and you'll very rarely (if at all) lose any amount of money. But if you're dead-set against it, farming herbs is a nice steady income.
The Imperial system is the weirdest of them all. 4 pints = 2 quartz / 4 quarts = 1 gallon? 1 mile = 1 thousand footsteps? Who walks anymore? Yeah, but it would be so much of a hassle to switch all at once. We really should be working to slowly work it into everyday life. Dry skin on your butt would probably be really bad.