I think I'm gonna need a calculator.
I did check that I have a cup of pecans.
That's an oddity to UK cooks. You rarely ever measure things in cups.
Liquid are measured by volume - usually millilitres - and dry goods are measured by weight - grams. (Well, technically mass, but let's not go
there, especially with in the US a pound is a unit of force, whereas in
the UK, it's a unit of mass, and the Imperial unit of force is the
poundal, the force needed to accelerate one pound mass by one foot per
second per second.)
In article <qij53jh8hchtm1c0jhj9d0nngfp1a5bie8@4ax.com>, >jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid (Joy Beeson) wrote:
I think I'm gonna need a calculator.
When I moved into my current house 30 year ago, it had a cooker with oven >temperatures in Celsius. The previous occupant had helpfully left a
post-it note on the inside of a cupboard door translating Celsius into >Fahrenheit. Fortunately, these days, most recipes are in Celsius.
I did check that I have a cup of pecans.
That's an oddity to UK cooks. You rarely ever measure things in cups.
Liquid are measured by volume - usually millilitres - and dry goods are >measured by weight - grams. (Well, technically mass, but let's not go
there, especially with in the US a pound is a unit of force, whereas in
the UK, it's a unit of mass, and the Imperial unit of force is the
poundal, the force needed to accelerate one pound mass by one foot per
second per second.)
<evil grin>I thought in the UK a pound was a unit of currency.</grin>
In article <qij53jh8hchtm1c0jhj9d0nngfp1a5bie8@4ax.com>, >jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid (Joy Beeson) wrote:
I think I'm gonna need a calculator.
When I moved into my current house 30 year ago, it had a cooker with oven >temperatures in Celsius. The previous occupant had helpfully left a
post-it note on the inside of a cupboard door translating Celsius into >Fahrenheit. Fortunately, these days, most recipes are in Celsius.
In article <memo.20240502115849.19332A@pauldormer.cix.co.uk>,
Paul Dormer <prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk> wrote:
In article <qij53jh8hchtm1c0jhj9d0nngfp1a5bie8@4ax.com>,
jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid (Joy Beeson) wrote:
I think I'm gonna need a calculator.
When I moved into my current house 30 year ago, it had a cooker with oven
temperatures in Celsius. The previous occupant had helpfully left a
post-it note on the inside of a cupboard door translating Celsius into
Fahrenheit. Fortunately, these days, most recipes are in Celsius.
Just what IS gas mark five anyway?
--scott
Just what IS gas mark five anyway?
I can remember figuring out what proportions of evaporated milk
and non-fat milk I needed to get the equivalent of whole milk.
I also use Diophantine equations to figure out how to apportion the
cost of a $5 bag of books and DVDs to the individual items (which I
admit may be a bit obsessive).
jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid (Joy Beeson) wrote:
I did check that I have a cup of pecans.
That's an oddity to UK cooks. You rarely ever measure things in
cups. Liquid are measured by volume - usually millilitres - and dry
goods are measured by weight - grams.
Keith F. Lynch wrote:
In related news, I recently won a bet that I could name all the
English/British monarchs of the past thousand years.
Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee,
Harry, Dick, John, Harry three;
One two three Neds, Richard two,
Harrys four five six, ... then who?
Edwards four five, Dick the bad,
Harrys (twain), Ned six (the lad);
Mary, Bessie, James you ken,
Then Charlie, Charlie, James again;
Will and Mary, Anna Gloria,
Georges four, Will four, Victoria;
Edward seven, George and Ted,
George the sixth, now Liz instead.
On 5/3/24 10:44 AM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:
In related news, I recently won a bet that I could name all the
English/British monarchs of the past thousand years. (It's easier
than it was at the turn of the century, since there were so many
between the year 1000 and 1024, whom I no longer need to remember.)
Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee,
Harry, Dick, John, Harry three;
One two three Neds, Richard two,
Harrys four five six, ... then who?
Edwards four five, Dick the bad,
Harrys (twain), Ned six (the lad);
Mary, Bessie, James you ken,
Then Charlie, Charlie, James again;
Will and Mary, Anna Gloria,
Georges four, Will four, Victoria;
Edward seven, George and Ted,
George the sixth, now Liz instead.
Evelyn C. Leeper <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> wrote:
Keith F. Lynch wrote:
In related news, I recently won a bet that I could name all the
English/British monarchs of the past thousand years.
Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee,
Harry, Dick, John, Harry three;
One two three Neds, Richard two,
Harrys four five six, ... then who?
Edwards four five, Dick the bad,
Harrys (twain), Ned six (the lad);
Mary, Bessie, James you ken,
Then Charlie, Charlie, James again;
Will and Mary, Anna Gloria,
Georges four, Will four, Victoria;
Edward seven, George and Ted,
George the sixth, now Liz instead.
Not quite. Your list starts 958 years ago, and ends 2 years ago,
for a total of just 956 years.
A thousand years ago England was ruled by a Dane whose four-letter
name has been amusing dyslexics for centuries. Then came Harold,
Harthacnut, Ed the zeroth (well, he was the last Ed before Ed I, so
what else would you call him?), and another Harold.
Your list also skips Jane, teenaged queen for nine days back in '53.
How can anyone forget her?
Amusingly, Charles III is not descended from Charles II, but his--
children are. So the Jacobites will finally have won.
"Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@KeithLynch.net> wrote:
Your list also skips Jane, teenaged queen for nine days back in
'53. How can anyone forget her?
He also left out Cromwell.
On Fri, 3 May 2024 18:10:39 -0000 (UTC), "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl@KeithLynch.net> wrote:
Evelyn C. Leeper <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> wrote:
Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee,
Harry, Dick, John, Harry three;
One two three Neds, Richard two,
Harrys four five six, ... then who?
Edwards four five, Dick the bad,
Harrys (twain), Ned six (the lad);
Mary, Bessie, James you ken,
Then Charlie, Charlie, James again;
Will and Mary, Anna Gloria,
Georges four, Will four, Victoria;
Edward seven, George and Ted,
George the sixth, now Liz instead.
Not quite. Your list starts 958 years ago, and ends 2 years
ago, for a total of just 956 years.
A thousand years ago England was ruled by a Dane whose
four-letter name has been amusing dyslexics for centuries.
Then came Harold, Harthacnut, Ed the zeroth (well, he was
the last Ed before Ed I, so what else would you call him?),
and another Harold.
Your list also skips Jane, teenaged queen for nine days back
in '53. How can anyone forget her?
He also left out Cromwell.
Cromwell wasn't King... although he might have thought he was!
He also left out Cromwell.
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
Cromwell wasn't King... although he might have thought he
was!
He never thought he was king. Indeed, when someone offered to
make him king, he got angry and told them to take the offered
crown and use it to hire a prostitute.
Adjacent fun fact: A mile was originally defined as 1000 paces of a Roman >soldier.
Therefore it's a metric unit, the kilopace.
Paul Dormer <prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk> wrote:
In article <hpa73jpn0dt2g9af59opljsisqia49pcvt@4ax.com>, tppm@ca.rr.com
(Tim Merrigan) wrote:
<evil grin>I thought in the UK a pound was a unit of currency.</grin>
And a pound sterling apparently originally meant a pound weight of silver
coins called sterlings.
I always thought it was a pound of sterling silver.
Adjacent fun fact: A mile was originally defined as 1000 paces of a Roman >soldier.
Therefore it's a metric unit, the kilopace.
Pt
On Sat, 4 May 2024 21:32:10 -0000 (UTC), Cryptoengineer
<petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
Paul Dormer <prd@pauldormer.cix.co.uk> wrote:
In article <hpa73jpn0dt2g9af59opljsisqia49pcvt@4ax.com>, tppm@ca.rr.com
(Tim Merrigan) wrote:
<evil grin>I thought in the UK a pound was a unit of currency.</grin>
And a pound sterling apparently originally meant a pound weight of silver >> coins called sterlings.
I always thought it was a pound of sterling silver.
Adjacent fun fact: A mile was originally defined as 1000 paces of a Roman >soldier.
Therefore it's a metric unit, the kilopace.
Pt
Roman soldiers had 5.28 foot paces? Isn't 3 feet closer to normal?
I believe that the Roman pace was defined as the distance between heel >strikes of the same foot. BTW, 3 feet from heel strike of 1 foot to the[Hal Heydt]
heel strike of the other foot is a bit long - 30 inches is the US Army >marching standard.
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back formed 5.28 feet. However, modern estimates are that the
Roman mile was actually 4680 feet, so a slightly shorter stride
than the modern US Army version. Since, so far as I know, mondern
people are, on average, somewhat taller than in the past, this
pretty much works out.
On Fri, 3 May 2024 13:48:02 -0400, "Evelyn C. Leeper" <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> wrote:
On 5/3/24 10:44 AM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:
In related news, I recently won a bet that I could name all the
English/British monarchs of the past thousand years. (It's easier
than it was at the turn of the century, since there were so many
between the year 1000 and 1024, whom I no longer need to remember.)
Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee,
Harry, Dick, John, Harry three;
One two three Neds, Richard two,
Harrys four five six, ... then who?
Edwards four five, Dick the bad,
Harrys (twain), Ned six (the lad);
Mary, Bessie, James you ken,
Then Charlie, Charlie, James again;
Will and Mary, Anna Gloria,
Georges four, Will four, Victoria;
Edward seven, George and Ted,
George the sixth, now Liz instead.
And one more Charlie.
Tim Merrigan wrote:
"Evelyn C. Leeper" <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> wrote:
Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee,
Harry, Dick, John, Harry three;
One two three Neds, Richard two,
Harrys four five six, ... then who?
Edwards four five, Dick the bad,
Harrys (twain), Ned six (the lad);
Mary, Bessie, James you ken,
Then Charlie, Charlie, James again;
Will and Mary, Anna Gloria,
Georges four, Will four, Victoria;
Edward seven, George and Ted,
George the sixth, now Liz instead.
And one more Charlie.
He's not dead.
Will he also lose his head?
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