mikehaugen
Elite Member
It would have worked great if our base numbering system had 12 (or16) numbers to begin with, then you wouldn't need letters. But who is going to go and change that!
It would have worked great if our base numbering system had 12 (or16) numbers to begin with, then you wouldn't need letters. But who is going to go and change that!
How many Fircans in a Hogshead?
1 hogshead =
5.82871688 firkins
Now I know why I weigh almost 16 stone. I confused my teaspoon with a tablespoon when I was eating ice cream. {it's not my fault}
Are those "rolling stones"? :laughing:
Question - would the world be a better place if everyone used the same measuring system and spoke the same language?
Question - would the world be a better place if everyone used the same measuring system and spoke the same language?
It would have worked great if our base numbering system had 12!
Has anyone ever worked in a place that calculated hourly time on tenths of hours? Because every 10th is 6 minutes, you really get into some mental gymnastics when you work 15 minutes and can't put 2.5 on a time card because you have to only use even tenths. Some hourly workers had trouble counting anything more than the fingers on their hands and the every 6 minutes = 1/10th just caused their eyes to glaze over. Explaining round-up or round-down was impossible, so we had charts showing what the number of minutes from 1-60 equaled in tenths. Some people were lost without their chart.![]()