Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!zen.net.uk!dedekind.zen.co.uk!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Walter Banks Newsgroups: comp.misc,alt.sys.pdp11,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Revamped PDP-11 in Brooklyn Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 07:28:35 -0400 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 24 Message-ID: <53808263.56EB214F@bytecraft.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: slB7zxdFBIK08or0isT1Bw.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en]C-CCK-MCD NSCPCD479 (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:3070 glen herrmannsfeldt wrote: > In alt.sys.pdp11 Dale R Worley ?worley@shell01.theworld.com? wrote: > > (snip) > > ? The fortnight is little-used, but its meaning is clear if you look it > ? up in the dictionary. The problem with the stone is that there are > ? two versions: 14 lb. and 20 lb, and since it is not used at all in > ? the US, there's no way for a USanian to find out which definition is > ? the one used for weighing humans. > > I remember when Canada sold gasoline (and probably other things) > in imperial gallons, which were 5/4 US gallons. (Or close to that.) > > I don't know which other units have US and Imperial versions > different by some strange factor. It was 5/4 but the real difference was the US quart had 32 ounces and the Canadian quart 40 ounces. Both gallons had 4 quarts. w..