How much certainly will fit in the standard paper bag, anyway?
Marum
6 years ago
Master Bates, should not write instructions during orgasms.
Marum
6 years ago
Not failing a responsibility in conduct of oneself, is a good habit to get into.
However, if you get into too many habits….The Catholic Church will excommunicate you.
Marum
6 years ago
@DNT 0636.
Two pecks, or one kenning, or half a bushel, or a petrige in a partree.
Pete
6 years ago
Standard paper bags and non-standard paper bags must never cross.
Such would entail a fall in public virtue.
Droll not Troll
6 years ago
Q. What do you get when you cross an act with a conscience?
A. I dunno, but it’s not a politician.
Droll not Troll
6 years ago
@Marum | 7:22 am: What is a kenning? Anything like a firkin?
Droll not Troll
6 years ago
Please fall responsibly.
Marum
6 years ago
@DNT 0513. Very, very, old measure 1 kenning = 2 pecks, or half a bushel, approx 28lbs. I like the old measures, based on what an (average? man; citation needed) could carry in the field. As you probably already know, a bushel varied as to the produce carried: ie Wheat = 60lbs The modern scientific standards are so trite – rated at 27 degrees Celcius at 14.7lbs atmospheric pressure. Why do we need such accuracy for the tangible world we live in? Fair ’nuff for scientific calculations. Though a man of science myself, can you imagine the Rubiyat of Omar… Read more »
Marum
6 years ago
EDIT; And thou beside me.
By then I was beside myself. Yes. I am know for keeping lousy company.
Marum
6 years ago
For those who really enjoy the details – or are simply masochists looking for a quick headache – an Imperial British Gallon was defined as the volume occupied by exactly 10 pounds of water of density 0.988859 gramme per millilitre weighed in air of density 0.001217 gramme per millilitre against weights of density 8.136 grammes per millilitre – got that? And if you still haven’t got the headache you were seeking, be aware that the capacity of a barrel has been defined in different ways over the years, being 31.5 gallons if it held wine, but 32 gallons when the… Read more »
Marum
6 years ago
BTW
IMP: 1 Gallon – 160 Fluid ounces.
USA: 1 gallon – 128 Fluid ounces.
Marum
6 years ago
BTW
IMP: 1 Gallon – 160 Fluid ounces.
USA: 1 gallon – 128 Fluid ounces.
That nearly caused me to crash a Cessna 182
The wing tanks carry 92 US Gallons. I made my Flightplan calculations on 92 Imperial Gallons
Big Fat Cat
6 years ago
I have never come across any conscience trash so far.
Let’s certainly!
Virtuous paper bag
Oh Master to be virtue
I wouldn’t take this litterally.
How much certainly will fit in the standard paper bag, anyway?
Master Bates, should not write instructions during orgasms.
Not failing a responsibility in conduct of oneself, is a good habit to get into.
However, if you get into too many habits….The Catholic Church will excommunicate you.
@DNT 0636.
Two pecks, or one kenning, or half a bushel, or a petrige in a partree.
Standard paper bags and non-standard paper bags must never cross.
Such would entail a fall in public virtue.
Q. What do you get when you cross an act with a conscience?
A. I dunno, but it’s not a politician.
@Marum | 7:22 am: What is a kenning? Anything like a firkin?
Please fall responsibly.
@DNT 0513. Very, very, old measure 1 kenning = 2 pecks, or half a bushel, approx 28lbs. I like the old measures, based on what an (average? man; citation needed) could carry in the field. As you probably already know, a bushel varied as to the produce carried: ie Wheat = 60lbs The modern scientific standards are so trite – rated at 27 degrees Celcius at 14.7lbs atmospheric pressure. Why do we need such accuracy for the tangible world we live in? Fair ’nuff for scientific calculations. Though a man of science myself, can you imagine the Rubiyat of Omar… Read more »
EDIT; And thou beside me.
By then I was beside myself. Yes. I am know for keeping lousy company.
For those who really enjoy the details – or are simply masochists looking for a quick headache – an Imperial British Gallon was defined as the volume occupied by exactly 10 pounds of water of density 0.988859 gramme per millilitre weighed in air of density 0.001217 gramme per millilitre against weights of density 8.136 grammes per millilitre – got that? And if you still haven’t got the headache you were seeking, be aware that the capacity of a barrel has been defined in different ways over the years, being 31.5 gallons if it held wine, but 32 gallons when the… Read more »
BTW
IMP: 1 Gallon – 160 Fluid ounces.
USA: 1 gallon – 128 Fluid ounces.
BTW
IMP: 1 Gallon – 160 Fluid ounces.
USA: 1 gallon – 128 Fluid ounces.
That nearly caused me to crash a Cessna 182
The wing tanks carry 92 US Gallons. I made my Flightplan calculations on 92 Imperial Gallons
I have never come across any conscience trash so far.
Wow! Self-disposing garbage!
The spirit of Stanley Unwin lives on.