Pounds and Ounces

[GT49er]

You know where you are with g and Kg. Pounds are ridiculas.

What is a 'ridicula' when it's at home?

 

[whitelion]

What is a 'ridicula' when it's at home?

It's the new currency to replace the Euro.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

The unit of weight that makes most sense, at least when buying food, is what the Italians call the etto. 100 grams, one hectogram. Roughly a portion, irrespective of what food it is.

 

[Taybha]

What is a 'ridicula' when it's at home?

It's a cross between Christopher Lee and Vin Diesel

 

[GT49er]

The unit of weight that makes most sense, at least when buying food, is what the Italians call the etto. 100 grams, one hectogram. Roughly a portion, irrespective of what food it is.

So that'd be roughly a quarter of a pound, or four ounces, then..........

 

[GT49er]

It's a cross between Christopher Lee and Vin Diesel

Yes, that explains everything..................................

 

[Collingburnian]

Horse racing goes in miles,furlongs and yards. Can anyone one tell me how big a hectare is in comparison with acres?

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

I measure low temperatures in Centigrade and high temperatures in Fahrenheit.

I measure my height in feet, my waist in inches but my weight in kilos.

I measure long distances in miles but short ones (anything less than half a mile) in metres, centimetres and millimetres. The exception being if I am riding my bike in which case I measure in kilometres.

I'm a runner and it's taken me 30 years to think in terms of kilometres rather than miles. But on a bike I still think miles; kms never occur to me.

 

[GT49er]

Horse racing goes in miles,furlongs and yards. Can anyone one tell me how big a hectare is in comparison with acres?

One hectare is not quite two and a half acres.

 

[Collingburnian]

Thanks

 

[The Spanish]

So that'd be roughly a quarter of a pound, or four ounces, then..........

Not so great if you were after a turkey

 

[GT49er]

Not so great if you were after a turkey

What are you wittering about? What would you regard as a reasonable portion of turkey?

 

[whitelion]

Horse racing goes in miles,furlongs and yards. Can anyone one tell me how big a hectare is in comparison with acres?

Acre - 22yds x 220yds = 4,840 Sq yds
Hectare - 100m x 100m = 10,000 Sq m

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

What the hell was a hundred weight (CWT) all about.

 

[whitelion]

What the hell was a hundred weight (CWT) all about.

8 stones or

8 x 14 = 112lbs

And following that

1 ton = 20 x CWT or 2240lbs

 

[GT49er]

What the hell was a hundred weight (CWT) all about.

One twentieth of a ton; 112 pounds, eight stone (14 pounds each), or four quarters (28 pounds each).

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

More to the point. I couldn't give a flying f**k how much your baby weighs.

I think it's very important to know!

When out on the pull; key questions you MUST ask are:
1/ Any kids? - if 3 or more = avoid for fear of floppy fanny syndrome.
If answer is yes, but not more than 2 - you MUST then ask:
2/ "How heavy were they?" - if answer is 9lb or more = avoid for fear of floppy fanny syndrome.

Unless you prefer brown ....

 

[Bruntburger]

Us Brits are so mixed up. We couldn't even make a decision to go fully metric or stay imperial - instead you read the road sign in miles and then fill up with petrol in litres! We sprint in metres in athletics but yards across the football pitch! We buy a pint of beer and a packet of 125 gram crisps! Every other nation seems to have chosen one way or the other. Europe metric and US stayed imperial for example


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[fat old seagull]

wrong!

No, he's right!

 

[fat old seagull]

What are you wittering about? What would you regard as a reasonable portion of turkey?

A Drumstick?