http://greengabbro.net/2004/03/08/dumb-measures/ rock out to the apparatus Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:12:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://greengabbro.net/2004/03/08/dumb-measures/#comment-1187 Rana Thu, 11 Mar 2004 18:29:00 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2004/03/08/dumb-measures/#comment-1187 *laughing* That would explain all the contract disputes! *laughing*
That would explain all the contract disputes!

]]> http://greengabbro.net/2004/03/08/dumb-measures/#comment-1186 yami Thu, 11 Mar 2004 01:42:00 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2004/03/08/dumb-measures/#comment-1186 Erm… so what it sounds like to me, Rana, is that a miner’s inch can be used to measure <em>anything</em> and <em>everything</em> - either that, or time does not exist. I am three miner’s inches hungry, and my fridge is only one miner’s inch full. D’oh! Erm… so what it sounds like to me, Rana, is that a miner’s inch can be used to measure anything and everything - either that, or time does not exist.
I am three miner’s inches hungry, and my fridge is only one miner’s inch full. D’oh!

]]> http://greengabbro.net/2004/03/08/dumb-measures/#comment-1185 Rana Wed, 10 Mar 2004 23:07:00 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2004/03/08/dumb-measures/#comment-1185 Heh, the good ol’ miner’s inch. The only time it makes any sense _at all_ is when you’re talking about irrigation or mining contracts. And then, only somewhat. (I always encountered it as a time/area/depth measure — kinda like a mutant acre-foot.) /researchgeek Heh, the good ol’ miner’s inch. The only time it makes any sense _at all_ is when you’re talking about irrigation or mining contracts. And then, only somewhat. (I always encountered it as a time/area/depth measure — kinda like a mutant acre-foot.)
/researchgeek

]]> http://greengabbro.net/2004/03/08/dumb-measures/#comment-1184 yami Wed, 10 Mar 2004 14:01:00 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2004/03/08/dumb-measures/#comment-1184 Furlongs per fortnight is small beans on the scale of silliness when you consider that it actually measures what it seems it ought to measure. You’d never expect a fancy-pants inch to measure flow… Fortunately, the miner’s inch has pretty well died; it’s only when going through pre-WWII well logs that I have to deal with it. Furlongs per fortnight is small beans on the scale of silliness when you consider that it actually measures what it seems it ought to measure. You’d never expect a fancy-pants inch to measure flow…
Fortunately, the miner’s inch has pretty well died; it’s only when going through pre-WWII well logs that I have to deal with it.

]]> http://greengabbro.net/2004/03/08/dumb-measures/#comment-1183 des Wed, 10 Mar 2004 07:30:00 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2004/03/08/dumb-measures/#comment-1183 Well, there’s furlongs per fortnight, but that was intended as a joke. Imperial units used to drive me mad when I was pretending to be an engineer, but we never had anything as silly as that. Well, there’s furlongs per fortnight, but that was intended as a joke. Imperial units used to drive me mad when I was pretending to be an engineer, but we never had anything as silly as that.

]]> http://greengabbro.net/2004/03/08/dumb-measures/#comment-1182 harvestbird Mon, 08 Mar 2004 22:37:00 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2004/03/08/dumb-measures/#comment-1182 Ah, but my country’s miner’s inch is the biggest. So that makes it alright! Ah, but my country’s miner’s inch is the biggest. So that makes it alright!

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