levad said:ah yes, I forgot about model railways 2mm, 4mm, 7mm all to the foot etc.
Not quite measuring but the advice my dad gave me about British precision engineering was this ...
Measure with a micrometer, mark with chalk, cut with an axe![]()
We use 5'3" for some reason. I believe that guage may also be used in Australia.Browser said:Going back to the railways for a second, 4ft 8.5 inches, what sort of cocked-up measurement is that to have as you track gauge? ANd the worst part is a lot of the rest of the globe adopted it too!!! Yes, I know, it's supposed to be the width between a roman chariots' wheels which was adopted by the early wooden wagon railed ways and then on to the steam rails, but why stick with such a patently daft measurement! Round it up to 5ft at the very least.
Or better, it should have been lobbed out when Brunel proposed his 7ft broad gauge, just think how big yer trains could be!![]()
Ditto milk, for us teetotal tea drinkers out there.Rhythm Thief said:You can buy Stella - and some bottled real beers - in 568ml containers, which is exactly a pint. They even boast "One Pint Can/Bottle" on the labels. It's just not legal to sell it in imperial measurements.
Brunels broad gauge was actually 7 ft 0+1⁄4 in (2,140 mm), was he actually thinking metric as one of his parents was french?Browser said:Going back to the railways for a second, 4ft 8.5 inches, what sort of cocked-up measurement is that to have as you track gauge? ANd the worst part is a lot of the rest of the globe adopted it too!!! Yes, I know, it's supposed to be the width between a roman chariots' wheels which was adopted by the early wooden wagon railed ways and then on to the steam rails, but why stick with such a patently daft measurement! Round it up to 5ft at the very least.
Or better, it should have been lobbed out when Brunel proposed his 7ft broad gauge, just think how big yer trains could be!![]()
I think it's a 240 to 1 shot in old money or 100/1 in new!twentysix by twentyfive said:Pound to a Penny
Pound Weight is that?![]()
14 to 1 in lbs!rich p said:I think it's a 240 to 1 shot in old money or 100/1 in new!
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