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On 29/08/2010 5:48 PM, Darren New wrote:
> Le_Forgeron wrote:
>> And each mint (and that could each city) could have its own agenda for
>> the weight of its pounds & guinea.
>
> Well, yes. There's also the problem with imperial measures that the king
> would go around declaring that a barrel in London is somewhat larger
> than a barrel outside of London, thereby lowering the cost of beer in
> the capital city and stuff like that.
>
LOL, not quite, declaring that a barrel in London is somewhat larger
than a barrel outside of London, thereby getting more tax and making it
dearer.
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Stephen
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On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:55:35 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>> Oh, I call in the Bretton Woods system,
>
> Morning town Crescent!
No, you can't do that, because it's the 29th of the month, so diagonals
are not allowed... ;-)
Jim
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On 29/08/2010 6:57 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:55:35 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>>> Oh, I call in the Bretton Woods system,
>>
>> Morning town Crescent!
>
> No, you can't do that, because it's the 29th of the month, so diagonals
> are not allowed... ;-)
>
But using the “Bretton Woods system” allows me to move in a chess knight
like manner.
BTW Humph Celebration Concert tomorrow
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tj5qp
If you can’t get it I’ll record it if it’s on listen again.
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Best Regards,
Stephen
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andrel wrote:
> On 29-8-2010 1:53, Darren New wrote:
> Such changes occur for good reasons.
Of course.
> I hope all imperial units are now defined as fractions of the metric
Honestly, I have no idea. I know they're more precise than the size of some
king's shoe or how far Fred can march in 15 minutes.
> the wiki page about imperial units s
Wow. That's messier than I thought. ;-)
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Quoth the raven:
Need S'Mores!
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On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:10:24 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 29/08/2010 6:57 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:55:35 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>>> Oh, I call in the Bretton Woods system,
>>>
>>> Morning town Crescent!
>>
>> No, you can't do that, because it's the 29th of the month, so diagonals
>> are not allowed... ;-)
>>
>>
> But using the “Bretton Woods system” allows me to move in a chess knight
> like manner.
Not in the last week of the month, though. And you thought you could
sneak that past me. ;-)
> BTW Humph Celebration Concert tomorrow
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tj5qp If you can’t get it I’ll record
> it if it’s on listen again.
Cool, I should be able to get it from listen again (I've been pulling
Proms concerts that way), but if I can't, I'll let you know.
Jim
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On 30/08/2010 6:25 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> Cool, I should be able to get it from listen again (I've been pulling
> Proms concerts that way), but if I can't, I'll let you know.
>
OK, I downloaded it from listen again. A bit too much jazz for my liking.
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Stephen
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On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:23:55 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 30/08/2010 6:25 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Cool, I should be able to get it from listen again (I've been pulling
>> Proms concerts that way), but if I can't, I'll let you know.
>>
>>
> OK, I downloaded it from listen again. A bit too much jazz for my
> liking.
I'm pulling it now, so no need to keep it if you don't want to. :-)
Jim
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On 31/08/2010 2:59 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> I'm pulling it now, so no need to keep it if you don't want to.:-)
>
Tickety boo
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Stephen
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On Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:05:14 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 31/08/2010 2:59 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> I'm pulling it now, so no need to keep it if you don't want to.:-)
>>
>>
>
> Tickety boo
We really enjoyed it - but we also enjoy good Jazz. :-)
Jim
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On 03/09/2010 11:23 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> but we also enjoy good Jazz.:-)
There is such a thing? :-)
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Stephen
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