Comments on: Reduction http://www.greatbearlodge.net/fernieblog/2010/02/03/reduction/ Full English on tap Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:49:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: mum and dad http://www.greatbearlodge.net/fernieblog/2010/02/03/reduction/comment-page-1/#comment-3870 mum and dad Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:35:11 +0000 http://www.greatbearlodge.net/fernieblog/?p=1958#comment-3870 oops loz - 20 hundredweight to a ton. - now where's the blushing smiley oops loz – 20 hundredweight to a ton. – now where’s the blushing smiley

]]> By: Jason http://www.greatbearlodge.net/fernieblog/2010/02/03/reduction/comment-page-1/#comment-3866 Jason Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:34:25 +0000 http://www.greatbearlodge.net/fernieblog/?p=1958#comment-3866 Ah, just looked it up, it's 1 ton = 142.8st. Now, I'd ask how many bushels that is, but I'd have to specify barley, wheat, etc, as a bushel is different for each thing you are trying to weigh. http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/calculator/bushel2tonne.html. Mind you, looking at the calculator, some of the new-fangled items seem to take the wheat scale as their basis. Ah, just looked it up, it’s 1 ton = 142.8st. Now, I’d ask how many bushels that is, but I’d have to specify barley, wheat, etc, as a bushel is different for each thing you are trying to weigh. http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/calculator/bushel2tonne.html. Mind you, looking at the calculator, some of the new-fangled items seem to take the wheat scale as their basis.

]]> By: LoZ http://www.greatbearlodge.net/fernieblog/2010/02/03/reduction/comment-page-1/#comment-3865 LoZ Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:39:06 +0000 http://www.greatbearlodge.net/fernieblog/?p=1958#comment-3865 Keep the flag flying for the GREAT LINCOLNSHIRE SAUSAGE Jase, the BEST SAUSAGE IN THE WORLD BAR NONE!!!! (and this is from a YORKSHIRE man, NOT a native of Lincolnshire) 16 ounces to a lb. 14 lbs to a stone. 20 stone to a ton. Er, are you sure about the 20 stone in a ton Shirley? Keep the flag flying for the GREAT LINCOLNSHIRE SAUSAGE Jase, the BEST SAUSAGE IN THE WORLD BAR NONE!!!!

(and this is from a YORKSHIRE man, NOT a native of Lincolnshire)

16 ounces to a lb. 14 lbs to a stone. 20 stone to a ton.

Er, are you sure about the 20 stone in a ton Shirley?

]]> By: Jason http://www.greatbearlodge.net/fernieblog/2010/02/03/reduction/comment-page-1/#comment-3864 Jason Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:28:21 +0000 http://www.greatbearlodge.net/fernieblog/?p=1958#comment-3864 owdo big man. I'm afraid I've not had to worry about bits and bytes since there were only the eight. Btw, how many bits in a nibble? Like you say, that was more than enough at the time. This was at a time when a 512kb hard drive was about three feet long and you needed good weight-lifting skills to pick one up, a floppy disk was 11 inches across, and a head crash on a hard drive was a major happening with a slight risk of fire. Heady days owdo big man. I’m afraid I’ve not had to worry about bits and bytes since there were only the eight. Btw, how many bits in a nibble? Like you say, that was more than enough at the time. This was at a time when a 512kb hard drive was about three feet long and you needed good weight-lifting skills to pick one up, a floppy disk was 11 inches across, and a head crash on a hard drive was a major happening with a slight risk of fire.

Heady days

]]> By: Simes http://www.greatbearlodge.net/fernieblog/2010/02/03/reduction/comment-page-1/#comment-3860 Simes Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:25:49 +0000 http://www.greatbearlodge.net/fernieblog/?p=1958#comment-3860 Actually Jase, 4 bytes was a word back when there were 8 bits in a byte. These days there are 64 bits in a byte (hence 64 bit computing) and the idea of a word (sandwich) is forgotten. You could store more information in 4 bytes now than originally powered the Apollo missions ! Too techy for you ? I haven't even started ...... I'll get my anorak. Actually Jase, 4 bytes was a word back when there were 8 bits in a byte. These days there are 64 bits in a byte (hence 64 bit computing) and the idea of a word (sandwich) is forgotten.

You could store more information in 4 bytes now than originally powered the Apollo missions !

Too techy for you ? I haven’t even started ……

I’ll get my anorak.

]]> By: Keith http://www.greatbearlodge.net/fernieblog/2010/02/03/reduction/comment-page-1/#comment-3859 Keith Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:33:44 +0000 http://www.greatbearlodge.net/fernieblog/?p=1958#comment-3859 How many stone of sausage did you buy? For a people used to keeping track of pence, shillings, sovereigns, guinies, pounds, ha'pennys, thrupence, groats, fivepence, bob, farthings, florins, crowns, half crowns, and who knows what else, of which were intricately connected by variable conversion rates, keeping track of weight in two units is child's play. How many stone of sausage did you buy? For a people used to keeping track of pence, shillings, sovereigns, guinies, pounds, ha’pennys, thrupence, groats, fivepence, bob, farthings, florins, crowns, half crowns, and who knows what else, of which were intricately connected by variable conversion rates, keeping track of weight in two units is child’s play.

]]> By: Jason http://www.greatbearlodge.net/fernieblog/2010/02/03/reduction/comment-page-1/#comment-3858 Jason Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:54:34 +0000 http://www.greatbearlodge.net/fernieblog/?p=1958#comment-3858 Also, in the computer world, 8 bits in a byte, 4 bytes in a sandwich... Also, in the computer world, 8 bits in a byte, 4 bytes in a sandwich…

]]> By: mum and dad http://www.greatbearlodge.net/fernieblog/2010/02/03/reduction/comment-page-1/#comment-3857 mum and dad Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:46:37 +0000 http://www.greatbearlodge.net/fernieblog/?p=1958#comment-3857 16 ounces to a lb. 14 lbs to a stone. 20 stone to a ton. Back in olden days I learned that by rote - repeating it over and over in a sing song voice. 16 ounces to a lb. 14 lbs to a stone. 20 stone to a ton.

Back in olden days I learned that by rote – repeating it over and over in a sing song voice.

]]> By: Cath http://www.greatbearlodge.net/fernieblog/2010/02/03/reduction/comment-page-1/#comment-3854 Cath Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:07:19 +0000 http://www.greatbearlodge.net/fernieblog/?p=1958#comment-3854 Woo hoo, woo hoo hoooo, woo hoo woo woo hoo hoooooo :) (Has to be sung to a dance - my sister can demonstrate perfectly ......:) xx Woo hoo, woo hoo hoooo, woo hoo woo woo hoo hoooooo :) (Has to be sung to a dance – my sister can demonstrate perfectly ……:)

xx

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