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| ericvv Member Since: 02 Jun 2011 Location: Near the Jet d'Eau Posts: 5816   
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Not sure about that short 10 feet, but I do like your baker’s dozen. 
Only wish our expensive Swiss bakers would have gone to the same school as yours. 
Eric You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation. http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I https://vimeo.com/201482507 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw |
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24th Mar 2019 9:04pm |
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| leeds Member Since: 28 Dec 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 8578 
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Oh Eric you do not know what a short 10 feet is?. Sorry your Swiss education is lacking!
The imperial system of timber measurements used to be feet and inches, which does have some merit! Now a 10 foot length of 4 x 2” was a typical length/size of timber. Now metrication come about in mid 1970’s with the U.K. joining the EEC or the EU. Now 3,000 mm or 3 m is 9 feet 10 inches so a short 10 feet. Now 4 x 2 is a lot easier to say then 100 x 50 Yes I can work in both systems and there are advantages in both systems. Brendan |
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24th Mar 2019 9:35pm |
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| ericvv Member Since: 02 Jun 2011 Location: Near the Jet d'Eau Posts: 5816
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Tip my hat Brendan, but having been a grain trader most of my life, I have been equally educated with bushels, long and short tons, and that’s all embedded in my brain. One day you and I should sit down and have a discussion why a bushel of wheat weighs not the same as a bushel of corn. Could be fun with a good bottle of wine.
Eric P.S. a 4x2 really is 100.16 x 50.08. Just to be precise.  You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation.
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24th Mar 2019 11:04pm |
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| leeds Member Since: 28 Dec 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 8578
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Now are we talking about rough sawn or planed 4 x 2?
Short ton of 2,000 lbs, metric tonne of 1,000 kg or about 2,200 lbs or imperial ton 2,240 lbs. Now why does a hundredweight actually weigh 112 lbs? A good bottle of red would be extremely acceptable to Barbara, for me a good red or a good beer. We will be at Bad Kissingen again this year if you want that discussion. The Germans actually do a decent red wine but they do not tend to export it. There again we are spoilt with the choice of beer at B K Brendan |
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24th Mar 2019 11:41pm |
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| gilarion Member Since: 05 Dec 2013 Location: Wales Posts: 5085  
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How about a long stand, a blue blunt needle or a bucket of steam, or my personal favorite a spare bubble for a spirit level. For those who like Welsh Mountains and narrow boats have a look at my videos and photos at..
http://www.youtube.com/user/conwy1 |
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25th Mar 2019 12:32pm |
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| muddybaldboy Member Since: 09 Apr 2012 Location: Ruthin Posts: 395 
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No mention of a Fidget pie?
 He who dies with the most toys...wins! |
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25th Mar 2019 9:08pm |
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| gilarion Member Since: 05 Dec 2013 Location: Wales Posts: 5085
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In 1340, King Edward III changed the value of the stone from 12½ pounds to 14 pounds, mainly to do with the development of the standardisation of a sack of wool to be 14 pounds. Since a hundredweight = 8 stones, the 100-pound hundredweight became 112 pound For those who like Welsh Mountains and narrow boats have a look at my videos and photos at.. http://www.youtube.com/user/conwy1 |
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25th Mar 2019 11:45pm |
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| leeds Member Since: 28 Dec 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 8578
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As Eric says every day is a school day.
Now Gilarion I do have some questions about your explanation
Now a sack of wool weighing 12.5 or 14 lbs seem rather light in weight. Easily carried by man or beast. Now why the name a stone for 12.5 or 14 lbs?
Now a sack of wool weighing about 350 lbs seem rather heavy to be manhandle by a man or even two men. As an aside I used to have to empty 1 cwt/112 lbs bags of lime into the pig coating process and that was without mask/googles etc. Eric, see what can of worms you have opened! Has anyone actually bought a can of worms in a supermarket? By the way Eric these pigs I was liming are not the same pigs as we wrap in blankets! 
Brendan |
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26th Mar 2019 1:02am |
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| Eduardo Member Since: 28 Aug 2008 Location: Región Metropolitana Posts: 2109  
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Why to do the things easy if you can dmake it complicate? Despite that we use the metric system down here, still we use the inch system for wood. And, as usual, to mess up the things we have the short wood inch and long wood inch. The short wood inch is a plank of 1 inch of thickness, 10 inch wide and 10 feet long The long one is the same but 12 feet long Short one is used in pine plantatoions and the long one in native woods. Also we have some innovatives measurements like the truck feet (8 feet) that is the maximum wide of a truck Eduardo MY 2007 110 SW PUMA 2.4: Big Fog of 64' MY 1994 Jayco 1207 Folding camper: "El Tremendo" Click image to enlarge |
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26th Mar 2019 3:42pm |
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| defender4 Member Since: 22 Jun 2011 Location: South East London Posts: 411 
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Question 1.
Arrange the following in order of size: - tad - smidgen - half a gnat's |
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27th Mar 2019 4:33pm |
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| tookaphotoof Member Since: 18 Mar 2013 Location: dordrecht Posts: 1279  
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Looking at the pictures I’d probably need a bottle or two of those during my meal. Scotch egg? Jellied eels?!!!  |
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28th Mar 2019 8:34am |
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| excossack Member Since: 22 Feb 2012 Location: North West Posts: 5745 
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What about, bin lids nudgers & barms ? 1999 Defender TD5 110 Regards John M0VAZ Econet Station 48 no clock |
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28th Mar 2019 5:49pm |
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| RoadForce Member Since: 17 Jul 2014 Location: Holland Posts: 324 
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Sometimes I got wood too, but to say how many inches or feet that is, would probably make some of you feel inferior so I won't comment on that... Edit: oh mind you, it's not spotted either... Defender 130 HCPU Td5 MY2000 |
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17th Apr 2019 7:56pm |
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| sharkey964 Member Since: 05 Oct 2014 Location: On a muddy track Posts: 570  
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I had a bottle of this bought me as a present a couple of years ago....I have to say it was realy good.
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18th Apr 2019 5:47pm |
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