Don't you also qualify weather with dogs as in "Three dog night"?
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-----Message d'origine-----
De : PERRY Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Envoyé : mercredi 24 mai 2000 21:31
À : 'Mick'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Objet : RE: MI The Empire versus the metric
Mick, here in Australia we often measure distance by stubbies. A stubbie is
a small bottle of beer (375 mL - about a third of a US quart).
eg. The number of stubbies it takes to get from Melbourne to Ballarat
(probably a 3 stubbie trip).
Longer trips are measured in "slabs" or "cartons". A slab/carton is made up
of 24 stubbies.
eg. Melbourne to Sydney is about a one slab trip.
PS. DOn't drink and drive (you might spill some). Get someone to drive for
you.
Cheers
Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: Mick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, 25 May 2000 10:33
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: MI The Empire versus the metric
I must admit I've been impressed with the discussion, it's brought a smile
to my face a few times, well how about the Solomon Islands.... distance is
measured by the litre there..........
i.e the number of litres of fuel you need in an outboard on a canoe to get
from A to B, weather, currents and load sometimes make the same journey a
different length of course, as I found out to my cost a few times....
I guess the bottom line is the best system to use in a place is the one that
most people in that place understand, or maybe that's controversial.....
Mick
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