NK - Free Time
Addington, Debbie, A
daaddington at saintfrancis.com
Fri Aug 6 09:07:32 PDT 1999
For period, wasn't it more a matter of the size of the merchants body parts?
*this could easily be taken out of context* :)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: marc-carlson at utulsa.edu [SMTP:marc-carlson at utulsa.edu]
> Sent: Friday, August 06, 1999 10:54 AM
> To: Northkeep at Ansteorra.ORG
> Subject: RE: NK - Free Time
>
>
> Quoting \"Addington, Debbie, A\"
> <daaddington at saintfrancis.com>:
>
> > the only subject in math, during my high school years,
> that i couldn\'t
> > comprehend, the metric system. I did learn that you
> get more fabric by the
> > metric yard and more mead to the liter. :)
>
> I don\'t see why schools make it so hard. It\'s not like
> the average person actually thinks in units larger than
> feet and such anyway. Most people seem to just
> estimate, and when they need precision they read it off
> a machine that measures it for them. Just remember that
> there are about three feet to a meter, about a kilometer
> and a half to a mile, two and a half centimeters to an
> inch, two pounds to the kilogram, and so on. 0\'s
> freezing while 37 and above means you have a fever, or
> it\'s really hot out. For anything more precise than
> that, use a ruler/scale/calculator.
>
> The important thing to remember is a 9 mm is only about
> .35 caliber, but usually has a bigger punch to it.
>
> As for how this relates to the Middle Ages, I doubt
> anyone wants to hear about that. Just try thinking in
> English fingers (as opposed to American fingers), palms,
> hands, spans, and cubits...
>
> Marc/Diarmaid
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