Ahem, when John Pierce first arrived at the junction of the little Maewaska and Aroostook rivers in 1826 he was granted a full section. Of course he thought he was in Canada, not Maine...
Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 4:28 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Well, we WERE the first to reject 240 pennies to the pound, and 20 bob to a quid. The land system here is all set up and laid out in acres. Trying to convert that to commie is just plain stupid. what is a hectare anyhow? 40 acres could be farmed by one man and a horse. 80 = quarter section 160 = half section 320 = section Section= 1 square mile I realize the easterners will not recognize this, since their land was laid out by englishers, not 'Mericans. the digital system of bits and bytes is not decimal either. 32, 64, 128, 512, etc. > Randy Bennell via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> > August 19, 2016 at 2:55 PM > Sort of a silly freedon in today's world. > > RB _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
