Carl W. Brown scripsit: > I also have a hard time remembering that a Hundredweight c.w.t is > 112 pounds. I am glad that it is not in common usage.
The Imperial cwt is indeed 112 lb, but the U.S. customary cwt remains 100 lb. > But working on a house with feet, inches and fractions drives me > absolutely crazy. At least with clocks you are not doing tremendous > amounts of math to do anything. The only time when clocks are a problem > is when you are dealing with multiple time zones. A kilosec is a reasonable amount of time to wait for a late appointment (in some countries, anyhow). A megasec is enough time to do a small project. If a marriage lasts a gigasec, it is doing very well. -- There is / One art John Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> No more / No less http://www.reutershealth.com To do / All things http://www.ccil.org/~cowan With art- / Lessness -- Piet Hein
