NK - Free Time

[Addington, Debbie, A]

oh yeah, much better.  Basically, this is what I already knew.  I just
didn't really need the details.  

You really are into your measurements, aren't you.  Perhaps you need a new
hobby?

Maidenhair

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Marc Carlson [SMTP:marc-carlson at utulsa.edu]
> Sent:	Friday, August 06, 1999 12:00 PM
> To:	Northkeep at Ansteorra.ORG
> Subject:	RE: NK - Free Time
> 
> >NO?
> 
> Ok, we can try this again :)
> 
> In the Middle Ages, things were measured differently, using different
> scales.
> Some of those scales were similar to what we use today, but people in
> different
> areas didn't agree on the details.  Really precise measurements are more a
> modern thing anyway.
> 
> What that means though is that a merchant, or whoever was dealing with a
> merchant
> needed to know what sorts of differences were likely to pop up to keep
> from 
> getting robbed.  Just because one merchant calls this distance such a
> thing, doesn't
> mean that another one will.
> 
> That better?
> 
> Marc/Diarmaid