[time-nuts] Obscure terms

[Had]

Well guys I guess it is time to take our "slugs' 
(no matter what the caliber), RCH's and other 
'Minisculiams' and put them back in our respective pockets.
I rather enjoyed the banter of this thread.

Had
K7MLR


At 08:05 PM 8/20/2009, you wrote:
>Well said!! The noise floor is way too high 
>today. From iPhone On Aug 20, 2009, at 15:34, 
>"Samuel D. [x86/CPC]" 
><sam at canardpc.com>  wrote: > An off-topic from 
>time to time is great, but a new email every 
>minute > unrelated with time-nuts is a bit too 
>much, didn't you think ? > > Sorry, I don't want 
>to be rude. > > > -----Message d'origine----- > 
>De : time-nuts-bounces at febo.com 
>[mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] > De la > 
>part de Brent Gordon > Envoyé : vendredi 21 
>août 2009 00:30 > À : Discussion of precise 
>time and frequency measurement > Objet : Re: 
>[time-nuts] Obscure terms > > The amount of land 
>a man and a mule can plow in one day. > 43560 
>square feet > 640 Acres=1 square mile > > Jim 
>Palfreyman wrote: >> Sheez - I'm so glad we have 
>metric!! >> >> Can I ask you US dudes a 
>question? >> >> Do you know, without looking it 
>up, what an acre is? >> >> It's such a commonly 
>used term for measuring large areas, but I 
>bet >> most don't know what it actually is. I 
>only know because of Pink >> Floyd. >> >> We use 
>a hectare which is 100mx100m. Very easy to 
>visualise, work  >> with >> and convert. >> >> 
>Jim Palfreyman >> >> 
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