"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Sunday, December 13, 2020 at 4:32:06 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
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> On Saturday, December 12, 2020 at 6:15:23 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2020-12-12 10:04 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
> > > On Saturday, December 12, 2020 at 4:14:32 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> > >> On 2020-12-12 8:42 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>>> I've never heard the term 26er. 
I gather the term "fifth" is a
> > >>>>> pretty archaic term but it used to refer to a standard bottle size
> > >>>>> when
> > >>>>> it comes to buying whiskey, rum, vodka, etc.
> > >>>> It is a fifth of a gallon.
> > >>> It's so strange that someone would want to divide a gallon into 5
> > >>> parts. I think that dividing a gallon into 2, 4, or 8, parts is much
> > >>> more sensible.
> > >>>
> > >> That's not very strange compared to some of our other archaic
> > >> measurements, like 12 inches in a foot, 16 ounces in a pound, a
> > >> temperature scale where water freezes at 32 and boils at 212.
> > > The Americans never asked to be saddled with Imperial measurements.
> > > It's
> > > the Brits fault!
> > >
> > If that is the case, why don't they use the same units?
> When the Brits changed to metric, they sold all their imperial
> measurements
> to the Americans for a low, low price. The Americans, being a young nation
> and simple, thought they were getting a great deal. The Brits, with this
> simple move, moved themselves into an easy future while saddling America
> with a measurement system that keeps them back in the dark ages.
>
> Curiously, the Brits still use miles per hour for their speed limits. When
> I
> was going 70 on the freeway (expressway?) in the UK I thought I was going
> 70KPH i.e., around 45MPH. In reality, I was going much faster i.e., 70MPH.
> To a Hawaiian, that's like going super fast!
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>
> LOL well if you want to visit us, you need to learn ... innit???
Next time we'll stay longer so I can be more at ease. I almost got killed
crossing the street. Americans will look both ways while crossing the
streets. They look to the left when stepping out into the street. This could
kill you in the UK because they could step right out into the path of a car.
My recommendation for Americans in the UK is to never cross the street alone
and to make sure that the people you're crossing the streets with aren't
Americans.
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LOL Well you could just use a pedestrian crossing <g>
https://www.google.com/search?
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Let me know when you are coming and we will be happy to teach you .
)))