Thread: Fish Fingers' 60th Anniversary in the UK (Gdn)
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Default Fish Fingers' 60th Anniversary in the UK (Gdn)
On Thu, 08 Oct 2015 20:11:49 -0300, wrote:

>On Fri, 09 Oct 2015 08:39:12 +1100, Jeßus > wrote:
>>With heights, I'm still more imperial than metric - I can relate to
>>6ft but not 188cm so much. Yet for distances I'm metric
>
>I heard an argument the other day on the radio, somebody felt the
>measurements for a cord of wood should be changed. Currently a cord
>of wood is 8ft. by 4 ft by 4ft stacked, that makes sense to anyone
>buying firewood. Somehow it was one time the metric measurement
>seemed much more complicated.

Yes, it doesnt work for everything. Firewood here gets sold by the
tonne or square metre.
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