Metric vs. other measurement systems - chart

[marksbug]

crap,I ran out of fingers.

[Frank S]

I've been waiting for an opportunity to post this

[marksbug]

are you mesuring the stickey portion or the non stickey portions??

[Hoosiersmoker]

are you mesuring the stickey portion or the non stickey portions??

Yes...

And how do you get them to stick to a lightly floured surface?

[Hoosiersmoker]

This must be a widely accepted measuring method in Italy...?

[Toolmaker51]

This must be a widely accepted measuring method in Italy...?

I don't read Italian, but quite sure the batter in the flour dam is polenta, 'corn meal'. Yaa we use it too!

[Frank S]

best laugh I've had all day. I laughed hard enough to probably add a light minute to my life

[hemmjo]

best laugh I've had all day. I laughed hard enough to probably add a light minute to my life

I was thinking a light minute would be a linear measurement. 186,000 miles/sec, x 60 s =11,160,000 miles... lets ask Jason how many barley corns that is?

A light mile would be a unit of time? We should start using that.. "Honey, I will be there in 20 light miles." That means I better hurry!!!

[mklotz]

I was thinking a light minute would be a linear measurement. 186,000 miles/sec, x 60 s =11,160,000 miles... lets ask Jason how many barley corns that is?

A light mile would be a unit of time? We should start using that.. "Honey, I will be there in 20 light miles." That means I better hurry!!!

A handy relation to remember is that light travels about a foot in a nanosecond.

[bruce.desertrat]

A handy relation to remember is that light travels about a foot in a nanosecond.

Here's a bunch in the Smithsonian Collection. Grace Hopper used to hand them out at her talks...

https://americanhistory.si.edu/colle...ct/nmah_692464