[time-nuts] Obscure terms
WarrenS
warrensjmail-one at yahoo.com
Thu Aug 20 22:56:56 UTC 2009
Jim
Silly question, You must not live in California.
Of course it is 1/640 of a square mile
or was it 1/460 of a square something else?
In any case, everyone in California knows it is 1/50,000 of what an average wild fire burns.
ws
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Palfreyman" <jim77742 at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" <time-nuts at febo.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 3:16 PM
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Obscure terms
> Sheez - I'm so glad we have metric!!
>
> Can I ask you US dudes a question?
>
> Do you know, without looking it up, what an acre is?
>
> It's such a commonly used term for measuring large areas, but I bet
> most don't know what it actually is. I only know because of Pink
> Floyd.
>
> We use a hectare which is 100mx100m. Very easy to visualise, work with
> and convert.
>
> Jim Palfreyman
>
>
>
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