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Lady Malchav · « **on:** June 16, 2006, 06:53:41 PM »

This thread is for any question you have, but dont think will take up an entire thread.

Here's mine:

Is a gallon a measurement weight or volume?

choctaw · « **Reply #1 on:** June 16, 2006, 06:56:35 PM »

Volume. A gallon of water weighs closer to 8 pounds.

ninewhilenine · « **Reply #2 on:** June 16, 2006, 06:56:38 PM »

Quote from: Lady Malchav on June 16, 2006, 06:53:41 PM

This thread is for any question you have, but dont think will take up an entire thread.

Here's mine:

Is a gallon a measurement weight or volume?

Volume. Hence you can have a gallon of milk, or a gallon of kitty litter. They weigh different amounts.

Lady Malchav · « **Reply #3 on:** June 16, 2006, 07:06:47 PM »

Wow, all my life I've thought a gallon was a measurement of weight. :-X

Altara · « **Reply #4 on:** June 16, 2006, 07:39:17 PM »

Me too!

K · « **Reply #5 on:** June 17, 2006, 03:48:10 AM »

A gallon is 4 quarts, which are 2 pints each, which are 2 cups each, which are 8 ounces each, which is also used to mean 1/16 of a pound - a measurement of weight.

I can see why one might get confused. Imperial units are inferior.

ninewhilenine · « **Reply #6 on:** June 17, 2006, 02:14:58 PM »

Quote from: Krieg on June 17, 2006, 03:48:10 AM

I can see why one might get confused. Imperial units are inferior.

Blasphemy!

The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead, and that's how I likes it!

Imp · « **Reply #7 on:** June 17, 2006, 03:11:10 PM »

Agreed. I still convert metric to imperial so I know what's what.

ninewhilenine · « **Reply #8 on:** June 17, 2006, 03:57:43 PM »

Quote from: Imp on June 17, 2006, 03:11:10 PM

Agreed. I still convert metric to imperial so I know what's what.

Right-on. The only metric I know is liters, cuz that's what my crack (soda) comes in. If only I could get a gallon of soda. Think how awesome a clear plastic jug like a milk jug, but full of soda, would be!

Then on the drive home with my gallon of soda, I hear "kilometers" and I'm like... I have a breakdown, because I can't convert it to miles because I can't do math=(

Actually math and I got along until I got introduced to its bastard evil cousin, algebra. Then we stopped speaking.

phobos · « **Reply #9 on:** June 18, 2006, 03:59:59 AM »

I'm completely metric. Couldn't tell you my height in feet and inches, nor my weight in stones and pounds... That said, I'm the sort who, when asked his weight, would reply in newtons, and then say 'Or did you mean my mass?'

The only things I still think of in imperial units are intermediate scale distances, which are measured in miles (anything too long to measure in metres and too short to measure in AU) and quantity of beer, cider or other mildly alcoholic drink, which is measured in pints. Although I've been known to quaff Austrian beer from mighty ceramic litre steins on occasion...

ninewhilenine · « **Reply #10 on:** June 23, 2006, 07:36:36 PM »

Does anyone know anyone who works/has worked for Barnes and Noble, and what sort of pay could a full time "Lead Bookseller" hope to start out on?

Mira · « **Reply #11 on:** June 24, 2006, 05:57:05 AM »

Depends on the state, probably. I work at a B&N competitor, and we make slightly more than the national minimum wage at starting, full-time or otherwise. You -might- get an answer on the LJ communities booksellers or thebookseller.

The Revolution · « **Reply #12 on:** June 24, 2006, 10:43:34 AM »

Quote from: ninewhilenine on June 17, 2006, 02:14:58 PM

Blasphemy!

The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead, and that's how I likes it!

So calling you Grandpa from now on.

sinic · « **Reply #13 on:** June 24, 2006, 11:15:02 AM »

Why are there 5,280 ft in a mile? That just doesn't make intuitive sense.

*Can never remember the ft to mile conversion, though he's good with most others*

Imaginary · « **Reply #14 on:** June 24, 2006, 11:28:13 AM »

Becase if there were 5,279 it would make the math horribly difficult to do in your head.

sinic · « **Reply #15 on:** June 24, 2006, 11:38:42 AM »

Good old Wikipedia. Wiki entry on "Mile"

It's 8 furlongs. I don't know how I could've missed that. It's so obvious.

*Mutter*

Lady Malchav · « **Reply #16 on:** June 25, 2006, 09:40:36 AM »

Put it by the side of the road and monitor how long it takes for some one to gank it.

Sean · « **Reply #17 on:** June 25, 2006, 06:29:42 PM »

Put it in a metal trash can, like one of those at the local parks. Dump some newspaper or other dry flammable substance in with it. Toss in a match. Or a book of matches.

Duck.

((This may or may not actually cause anything to happen. I'm counting on you to report your findings. I'll monitor the local papers for any signs that you won't be around to let me know how it went.))

da chicken · « **Reply #18 on:** June 26, 2006, 01:02:51 PM »

sinic:
Older measurements are generally such odd amounts because people did not understand fractions and did not use decimals. For example, there are 360 degrees in a circle simply because it makes division easy. 360 is divisible by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 24, 30, 36, 40, 45, 60, 72, 90, 120, and 180. 12 and 16 are much better numbers than 10 or 100 when you might need to divide it up and you can only use integers.

Altara · « **Reply #19 on:** June 26, 2006, 03:21:22 PM »

Is there enough water on planet earth to put the sun out?

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