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neilruston
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 | | 08/18/2008 4:47 AM |
| For the rest of the world, he means a "slide rule" :-)
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From: ActiveDir-owner@mail.activedir.org
[mailto:ActiveDir-owner@mail.activedir.org] On Behalf Of Michael B.
Smith
Sent: 15 August 2008 23:14
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I always used in estimating: "a pint's a pound, all the world round".
Good for first and second degree approximations. But not for final
numbers.
Of course, I'm old enough to still have used a slipstick and had to
actually make approximations.
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
From: ActiveDir-owner@mail.activedir.org
[mailto:ActiveDir-owner@mail.activedir.org] On Behalf Of Gil Kirkpatrick
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 5:56 PM
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A US pint is 16 oz, but it sure doesn't weigh a pound. A gallon of water
weighs about 8.33-8.34 lbs, a pint about 1.042 lbs, if CALC.EXE isn't
malfunctioning.
From: ActiveDir-owner@mail.activedir.org
[mailto:ActiveDir-owner@mail.activedir.org] On Behalf Of Rochford,
Stephen
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 8:45 AM
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*** There is no 'US' measure, simply imperial. Don't cloud the water :-)
I agree that when talking small distances, such as 5mm, the imperial way
struggles. As for hectares, how is 'acre' any easier?
Snipped to help clear the water :-)
The one area I know of where the US measurements are different from
Imperial is in fluid measurement - the UK pint is 20 fluid ounces; the
US pint is 16 (so a US pint of water weighs a pound). This, of course,
also makes the quart and gallon smaller than the UK equivalent.
No idea what this has to do with AD but perhaps I just need a schema mod
to cope!
Steve
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