NK - Free Time
Addington, Debbie, A
daaddington at saintfrancis.com
Fri Aug 6 10:01:14 PDT 1999
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
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