Re: Fjordlandia Viking bar & kaffistove, main str. 221B, Needlehole [3]

by Eldorion Sun Mar 04, 2018 8:39 am

Take him to the pillory! Mad

by azriel Sun Mar 04, 2018 11:54 am

Pillory ?? Very Happy

who's going to get pilloried ?? Awh, takes me back to the good old days,

Fjordlandia Viking bar & kaffistove, main str. 221B, Needlehole [3] - Page 29 Pill10

Dear daddy !!

by Pettytyrant101 Tue Mar 06, 2018 1:38 pm

{{Bit of a mixed system in the UK- most stuff these days is metric- litres of milk ect but a lot of folk still think in pints or ounces. But oddly the main place we cling to the old Imperial systems is in weighing things- where we use stones still- and heights- where we stick to feet and inches. I dont know anyone who gives their height in metres and centimetres.}}

by Norc Tue Mar 06, 2018 9:02 pm

i think i've killed all my plants by overwatering them...

by Eldorion Tue Mar 06, 2018 9:17 pm

I was really weirded out when I first heard about stone as a unit of measurement from forum friends. Razz

I still can never remember how many pounds are in a stone without looking it up (which I just did now). Why fourteen? scratch

At least twelve is divisible into halves, thirds, and quarters which can be convenient, even if base-10 makes more sense overall.

by azriel Wed Mar 07, 2018 9:30 am

Well, there's also a bakers dozen. Which is not 12 but 13 Smile

In medieval times bakers didn't give the full amount of bread, short changing the peasants so badly that people moaned, Kings thought about it & A law was set up so, on pain of a dam good thrashing, bakers made sure 12 portions of bread/rolls were served even if it meant going over the weight & giving 13.

by azriel Wed Mar 07, 2018 9:33 am

Fjordlandia Viking bar & kaffistove, main str. 221B, Needlehole [3] - Page 29 Stone10

Not quite weights & measures but, I like this one Very Happy

by halfwise Wed Mar 07, 2018 12:20 pm

speaking of weather prediction, we have been forecast to get snow from 6 inches to a foot today, but I was looking at the radar and thinking the storm was too disorganized for that. It still looks disorganized today. I'm gonna say 4-6 inches. We'll see who's right.

Edit: Baltimore should have cleared out by now, with that same patch rotating up our way. How much did you get, Eldo? More may develop during the day of course.

by Eldorion Wed Mar 07, 2018 12:25 pm

Looks like two to three inches of accumulation, but it's still snowing at the moment. Northeast of Baltimore here.

by halfwise Wed Mar 07, 2018 12:31 pm

We'll likely see some more stuff develop with the sun, but I think this storm was over-predicted.

by halfwise Wed Mar 07, 2018 3:34 pm

Halving estimate down to 2-3 inches. This storm is just a lot of hoopla and blow.

by Norc Wed Mar 07, 2018 4:10 pm

azriel wrote:Well, there's also a bakers dozen. Which is not 12 but 13 In medieval times bakers didn't give the full amount of bread, short changing the peasants so badly that people moaned, Kings thought about it & A law was set up so, on pain of a dam good thrashing, bakers made sure 12 portions of bread/rolls were served even if it meant going over the weight & giving 13.

i don't understand.

by Norc Wed Mar 07, 2018 4:11 pm

halfwise wrote:speaking of weather prediction, we have been forecast to get snow from 6 inches to a foot today, but I was looking at the radar and thinking the storm was too disorganized for that. It still looks disorganized today. I'm gonna say 4-6 inches. We'll see who's right.

Edit: Baltimore should have cleared out by now, with that same patch rotating up our way. How much did you get, Eldo? More may develop during the day of course.

since you guys finally are talking about snow in the fjordian thread. HAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA OMG POOOOR BABIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by halfwise Wed Mar 07, 2018 4:32 pm

It's an event. Sort of like pop-tarts in Fjordlandia.

by azriel Wed Mar 07, 2018 7:03 pm

It means, you will get more than you asked for or at least offered more. Very Happy

by Forest Shepherd Thu Mar 08, 2018 2:48 am

Norc wrote:i think i've killed all my plants by overwatering them...

Are they cacti? Razz

I like the idea of Stone just fine, but it's a bother unless you've memorized the multiples of 14! As it is, I have to sit down and do a bit of long-division before I can say that I weigh... 12 stone 7 pound.

By the by, does this mean that construction/carpentry is done with inches and feet in England? I mean, what does a tape measure look like? Do you have 2x4s?