On Fri, 7 Oct 2011 17:36:27 +1000
Weaver wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Oct 2011 08:03:13 +0100
> Terence wrote:
>
> > On 7 October 2011 00:59, Weaver wrote:
> >
> > >> but I'll bet not one in a thousand has ever heard of a gill.
> > >> (BTW, Wiki says to say "jill.") 4 oz. is 1/4 of a US pint.
> > >>
>
On 7 October 2011 08:36, Weaver wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Oct 2011 08:03:13 +0100
> Terence wrote:
>
>> On 7 October 2011 00:59, Weaver wrote:
>>
>> >> but I'll bet not one in a thousand has ever heard of a gill.
>> >> (BTW, Wiki says to say "jill.") 4 oz. is 1/4 of a US pint.
>> >>
>> >> The Artha th
On Fri, 7 Oct 2011 08:03:13 +0100
Terence wrote:
> On 7 October 2011 00:59, Weaver wrote:
>
> >> but I'll bet not one in a thousand has ever heard of a gill.
> >> (BTW, Wiki says to say "jill.") 4 oz. is 1/4 of a US pint.
> >>
> >> The Artha thesaurus-cum-dictionary has this to say:
> >> *
On 7 October 2011 00:59, Weaver wrote:
>> but I'll bet not one in a thousand has ever heard of a gill.
>> (BTW, Wiki says to say "jill.") 4 oz. is 1/4 of a US pint.
>>
>> The Artha thesaurus-cum-dictionary has this to say:
>> *
>> gill ~ noun uncommon
>> 1. a British imperia
On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:17:04 -0400
Doug wrote:
> On 10/06/2011 06:38 PM, Weaver wrote:
> >> The units program says a gill is 118.3 ml. If you look at the data
> >> > script for units, there is a very impressive list of sources. I
> >> > believe that the units program was first mentioned in th
On 10/06/2011 06:38 PM, Weaver wrote:
The units program says a gill is 118.3 ml. If you look at the data
> script for units, there is a very impressive list of sources. I
> believe that the units program was first mentioned in this thread, so
> it is definitely available in Debian.
I beleiv
On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:27:29 -0400
Doug wrote:
> On 10/06/2011 04:18 PM, Weaver wrote:
> > On Thu, 6 Oct 2011 16:56:27 +0100
> > Lisi wrote:
> >
> >> On Wednesday 05 October 2011 01:02:36 Weaver wrote:
> >>> I think it's a pity that the gill has fallen into misuse.
> >> Its usefulness is limited
On 10/06/2011 04:18 PM, Weaver wrote:
On Thu, 6 Oct 2011 16:56:27 +0100
Lisi wrote:
On Wednesday 05 October 2011 01:02:36 Weaver wrote:
I think it's a pity that the gill has fallen into misuse.
Its usefulness is limited by the fact that it is not a fixed measure,
but covers various different
On Thursday 06 October 2011 22:42:27 Weaver wrote:
> Then 'wiktionary' and 'regions' are wrong.
> I have worked through northern Italy, France, Austria, Australia and New
> Zealand and have never come across a variance.
> Perhaps a higher authority?
But not the UK. It may indeed be different ever
On Thu, 6 Oct 2011 21:43:55 +0100
Lisi wrote:
> On Thursday 06 October 2011 21:18:41 Weaver wrote:
> > On Thu, 6 Oct 2011 16:56:27 +0100
> >
> > Lisi wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 05 October 2011 01:02:36 Weaver wrote:
> > > > I think it's a pity that the gill has fallen into misuse.
> > >
> > > Its
On Thursday 06 October 2011 21:18:41 Weaver wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Oct 2011 16:56:27 +0100
>
> Lisi wrote:
> > On Wednesday 05 October 2011 01:02:36 Weaver wrote:
> > > I think it's a pity that the gill has fallen into misuse.
> >
> > Its usefulness is limited by the fact that it is not a fixed measur
On Thu, 6 Oct 2011 16:56:27 +0100
Lisi wrote:
> On Wednesday 05 October 2011 01:02:36 Weaver wrote:
> > I think it's a pity that the gill has fallen into misuse.
>
> Its usefulness is limited by the fact that it is not a fixed measure,
> but covers various different amounts according to the regi
On Wednesday 05 October 2011 01:02:36 Weaver wrote:
> I think it's a pity that the gill has fallen into misuse.
Its usefulness is limited by the fact that it is not a fixed measure, but
covers various different amounts according to the region in which it is used,
anyhow in the UK. Hence, I imag
On 2011-10-06, Dave Sherohman wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 02:54:42PM +, Curt wrote:
>> A liter of water weighs a kilo and is one meter long (at sea level).
>
> A liter of water can be any length you want[1] (at any altitude), depending
> on its cross-section.
Yes, this was a lame attempt
On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 02:54:42PM +, Curt wrote:
> A liter of water weighs a kilo and is one meter long (at sea level).
A liter of water can be any length you want[1] (at any altitude), depending
on its cross-section.
[1] Well, OK, there is an upper limit, depending on how close you
require
On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:28:10 -0400
Doug wrote:
> On 10/05/2011 03:18 PM, John Hasler wrote:
> > doug writes:
> >> Thanks to Artha, which is billed as a Thesaurus, but is a really
> >> useful dictionary as well. It's in the pclos repos, don't know
> >> about other distros.
> > "units" knows about
On 10/05/2011 03:18 PM, John Hasler wrote:
doug writes:
Thanks to Artha, which is billed as a Thesaurus, but is a really
useful dictionary as well. It's in the pclos repos, don't know about
other distros.
"units" knows about kilderkin, and just about any other unit of measure
you can imagine.
doug writes:
> Thanks to Artha, which is billed as a Thesaurus, but is a really
> useful dictionary as well. It's in the pclos repos, don't know about
> other distros.
"units" knows about kilderkin, and just about any other unit of measure
you can imagine.
BTW a kilderkin is two firkins.
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Joh
On 10/05/2011 05:58 AM, Weaver wrote:
On Wed, 5 Oct 2011 10:23:47 +0100
Darac Marjal wrote:
On Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 03:25:54PM -0400, Doug wrote:
On 10/04/2011 07:46 AM, Tom Furie wrote:
On Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 03:55:45PM -0400, Doug wrote:
The US pint is 16 ounces, and the US quart and ga
On 2011-10-04, Walter Hurry wrote:
> On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:25:54 -0400, Doug wrote:
>
> One gallon of gasoline is about 6 pounds.
>
> Actually, here in the UK it's about seven pounds and fifty pence :-(
>
Here it's very (C)artesian and makes oodles of sense.
A liter of water weighs a kilo and i
Ralf Mardorf writes:
> As long as they aren't stored on the hips, I prefer it too :p. 1l of
> water (at "normal" pressur, temparature etc.) = 1kg, so they are good
> measuring units, since everybody is able to understand the relation.
That works as well for US pints and pounds. It's not a good wa
On Wed, 5 Oct 2011 10:23:47 +0100
Darac Marjal wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 03:25:54PM -0400, Doug wrote:
> > On 10/04/2011 07:46 AM, Tom Furie wrote:
> > >On Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 03:55:45PM -0400, Doug wrote:
> > >
> > The US pint is 16 ounces, and the US quart and gallon are based on
> > th
On Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 03:25:54PM -0400, Doug wrote:
> On 10/04/2011 07:46 AM, Tom Furie wrote:
> >On Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 03:55:45PM -0400, Doug wrote:
> >
> The US pint is 16 ounces, and the US quart and gallon are based on that.
> 32 oz. = 1 qt; 4 qts. = 1 gal.
> That's why the British gallon i
On Tue, 2011-10-04 at 23:51 +0100, Wolodja Wentland wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 15:25 -0400, Doug wrote:
>
> > The US pint is 16 ounces, and the US quart and gallon are based on that.
> > 32 oz. = 1 qt; 4 qts. = 1 gal.
> > That's why the British gallon is 5 US quarts, or 4 British quarts.
> >
On Tue, 4 Oct 2011 23:51:26 +0100
Wolodja Wentland wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 15:25 -0400, Doug wrote:
>
> > The US pint is 16 ounces, and the US quart and gallon are based on
> > that. 32 oz. = 1 qt; 4 qts. = 1 gal.
> > That's why the British gallon is 5 US quarts, or 4 British quarts.
>
On Tue, Oct 04, 2011 at 15:25 -0400, Doug wrote:
> The US pint is 16 ounces, and the US quart and gallon are based on that.
> 32 oz. = 1 qt; 4 qts. = 1 gal.
> That's why the British gallon is 5 US quarts, or 4 British quarts.
> The ounce is the same size, or almost. (As wiki says, research is need
On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:25:54 -0400, Doug wrote:
One gallon of gasoline is about 6 pounds.
Actually, here in the UK it's about seven pounds and fifty pence :-(
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On 10/04/2011 07:46 AM, Tom Furie wrote:
On Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 03:55:45PM -0400, Doug wrote:
The liquid measure is liter, used here only in medical labs and liquor
stores, altho some bottled products have both ounces and liters, so as
to placate the Canadians, who gave up ounces and quarts, e
Tom Furie writes:
> Am I right in thinking that in the US a pint is 16fl.oz? Here, in
> Britain, a pint is 20fl.oz. Is your pint smaller, or your fl.oz
> larger?
The USA customary pint is 16 fl oz. A US customary fluid ounce is
1.0408427 Imperial fluid ounces.
Since 1866 both SI (metric) and US
On Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 03:55:45PM -0400, Doug wrote:
> The liquid measure is liter, used here only in medical labs and liquor
> stores, altho some bottled products have both ounces and liters, so as
> to placate the Canadians, who gave up ounces and quarts, etc., some
> years ago. (Some year, no
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