Giant asteroid

[artiage]

A Tuesday event!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15572634
--

[Phil H]

On Nov 8, 3:52*am, artiage > wrote:
> A Tuesday event!http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15572634
> --

You mean another missed Tuesday event. 200 000 miles to be exact and
the closest in 200 years. I guess when talking about the LA
indictment, astrological time frames and probabilities might be
appropriate.
Phil H

[atriage[_6_]]

On 08/11/2011 17:00, Phil H wrote:
> On Nov 8, 3:52 am, > wrote:
>> A Tuesday event!http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15572634
>> --
>
> You mean another missed Tuesday event. 200 000 miles to be exact and
> the closest in 200 years.

Yeah it would have made an extremely large hole in the ground. Shame it didn't
land on the UCI HQ.


--

[Simply Fred]

artiage wrote:
>> A Tuesday event!http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15572634

Phil H wrote:
> You mean another missed Tuesday event. 200 000 miles to be exact and
> the closest in 200 years. I guess when talking about the LA
> indictment, astrological time frames and probabilities might be
> appropriate.

Astrological or astronomical ?

[atriage[_6_]]

On 08/11/2011 19:04, Simply Fred wrote:
> artiage wrote:
>>> A Tuesday event!http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15572634
>
> Phil H wrote:
>> You mean another missed Tuesday event. 200 000 miles to be exact and
>> the closest in 200 years. I guess when talking about the LA
>> indictment, astrological time frames and probabilities might be
>> appropriate.
>
> Astrological or astronomical ?
>
>

Only astrology has any chance of predicting which particular Tuesday they're
gonna nail LA.

--

[Scott]

On Nov 8, 2:10*pm, atriage > wrote:
> On 08/11/2011 19:04, Simply Fred wrote:
>
> > artiage wrote:
> >>> A Tuesday event!http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15572634
>
> > Phil H wrote:
> >> You mean another missed Tuesday event. 200 000 miles to be exact and
> >> the closest in 200 years. I guess when talking about the LA
> >> indictment, astrological time frames and probabilities might be
> >> appropriate.
>
> > Astrological or astronomical ?
>
> Only astrology has any chance of predicting which particular Tuesday they're
> gonna nail LA.
>
> --

And even then, it's only 50/50.

[DWC_TT]

On Nov 8, 10:00*am, Phil H > wrote:
> On Nov 8, 3:52*am, artiage > wrote:
>
> > A Tuesday event!http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15572634
> > --
>
> You mean another missed Tuesday event. 200 000 miles to be exact and
> the closest in 200 years.

You ain't seen nothin' yet!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99942_Apophis
"On Friday, April 13, 2029, Apophis will pass Earth within the orbits
of geosynchronous communication satellites.It will return for another
close Earth approach in 2036."

Yeah, a Friday, but YIKES!
DR

[Fredmaster of Brainerd]

On Nov 8, 5:56*pm, DWC_TT > wrote:
> On Nov 8, 10:00*am, Phil H > wrote:
>
> > On Nov 8, 3:52*am, artiage > wrote:
>
> > > A Tuesday event!http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15572634
> > > --
>
> > You mean another missed Tuesday event. 200 000 miles to be exact and
> > the closest in 200 years.
>
> You ain't seen nothin' yet!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99942_Apophis
> "On Friday, April 13, 2029, Apophis will pass Earth within the orbits
> of geosynchronous communication satellites.It will return for another
> close Earth approach in 2036."
>
> Yeah, a Friday, but YIKES!
> DR

Look on the bright side, we know that (99942)Apophis
won't hit Earth in 2029, although there is still a small
possibility that it will hit in 2036 (very unlikely, but depends
on how its orbit is affected by the 2029 approach).

This gives us a full 7 years more in which to learn the
outcome of the Jan Ullrich WADA case.

Fredmaster Ben

[atriage[_6_]]

On 09/11/2011 02:33, Fredmaster of Brainerd wrote:
> On Nov 8, 5:56 pm, > wrote:
>> On Nov 8, 10:00 am, Phil > wrote:
>>
>>> On Nov 8, 3:52 am, > wrote:
>>
>>>> A Tuesday event!http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15572634
>>>> --
>>
>>> You mean another missed Tuesday event. 200 000 miles to be exact and
>>> the closest in 200 years.
>>
>> You ain't seen nothin' yet!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99942_Apophis
>> "On Friday, April 13, 2029, Apophis will pass Earth within the orbits
>> of geosynchronous communication satellites.It will return for another
>> close Earth approach in 2036."
>>
>> Yeah, a Friday, but YIKES!
>> DR
>
> Look on the bright side, we know that (99942)Apophis
> won't hit Earth in 2029, although there is still a small
> possibility that it will hit in 2036 (very unlikely, but depends
> on how its orbit is affected by the 2029 approach).
>
> This gives us a full 7 years more in which to learn the
> outcome of the Jan Ullrich WADA case.
>
I see, at last I understand WADA's scheduling considerations.


--

[Simply Fred]

Fredmaster of Brainerd wrote:
>> Look on the bright side, we know that (99942)Apophis
>> won't hit Earth in 2029, although there is still a small
>> possibility that it will hit in 2036 (very unlikely, but depends
>> on how its orbit is affected by the 2029 approach).
>>
>> This gives us a full 7 years more in which to learn the
>> outcome of the Jan Ullrich WADA case.

atriage wrote:
> I see, at last I understand WADA's scheduling considerations.

Unless of course their scheduling is based on astrological charts.
Perhaps Lafferty should check whether LANCE's chart has anything about
some given Tuesday being occluded by Mars.

[Jimmy July[_3_]]

On 11/8/2011 4:56 PM, DWC_TT wrote:
> On Nov 8, 10:00 am, Phil > wrote:
>> On Nov 8, 3:52 am, > wrote:
>>
>>> A Tuesday event!http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15572634
>>> --
>>
>> You mean another missed Tuesday event. 200 000 miles to be exact and
>> the closest in 200 years.
>
> You ain't seen nothin' yet!
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99942_Apophis
> "On Friday, April 13, 2029, Apophis will pass Earth within the orbits
> of geosynchronous communication satellites.It will return for another
> close Earth approach in 2036."
>
> Yeah, a Friday, but YIKES!

Let's not be so hasty. If that asteroid hits earth on that Friday,
Lafferty's last words will be "I WAS USING THE JULIAN CALENDAR!!!"

[Phil H]

On Nov 8, 12:04*pm, Simply Fred > wrote:
> artiage wrote:
> >> A Tuesday event!http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15572634
> Phil H wrote:
> > You mean another missed Tuesday event. 200 000 miles to be exact and
> > the closest in 200 years. I guess when talking about the LA
> > indictment, astrological time frames and probabilities might be
> > appropriate.
>
> Astrological or astronomical ?

I dreamed of that response, and its definitely astrological, When
Juipter aligns with Mars and the moon is in the 7th house on the 6th
Tuesday after Lent.....then Lance will be indicted.
Thanks
Phil H

[Simply Fred]

Phil H wrote:
>
> I dreamed of that response, and its definitely astrological, When
> Juipter aligns with Mars and the moon is in the 7th house on the 6th
> Tuesday after Lent.....then Lance will be indicted.

A situation of some gravity.

[Davey Crockett[_5_]]

Simply Fred a écrit profondement:


| A situation of some gravity.

It's worse than "some gravity" around here.

Davey missed a "once in a lifetime" 150 kp/h tailwind a couple of days
ago..

He got himself all togged out to go and head for San Remo which is one
of his usual training routes and an easy 75 kliks away, but the Bord de
Mer route was closed and under a couple of meters of water between
Antibes and Cagnes-sur-Mer in places with the Promenade des Anglais in
Nizza/Nice closed too.

Too friggin' bad. But not only that, the Cop on duty told Davey they
was getting up a search party for some poor ****** a little to the east
who'd been swept away and not yet found: assemble t-d-s at the Mairie.

So Davey changed his togs and spent half a day looking for some ******
along the railroad track which produced no positive results as Davey
figured the ****** had long since been washed down into the
Mediterranean and that a search party in Algeria or Lybia would have
more luck.

But we fared better than the lot in Genes/Genova/Genoa which is the end
of the Bord de Mer highway over on the Spaghetti side. Reports list 8
dead or missing there.

http://azurservers.com:7080//rbr/bord-de-mer.jpg

Hopefully things will improve for the Nice-Cannes Marathon the Sunday
after next or they'll have to turn it into a triathlon ;) Or maybe
cancel it altogether because the staging area in Antibes is like a major
disaster area when that lot have passed through.

From the 2008 event probably:
At the 20 Km staging area in Antibes.

The Chase group 5 minutes down (approx)
http://azurservers.com:7080//rbr/imgp0787.jpg

On the lead group (poor piccy)
http://azurservers.com:7080//rbr/imgp0786.jpg

With another 10,000 from 3 minutes to 3 hours behind
(Chick's name is Benedicte for the record)
http://azurservers.com:7080//rbr/imgp0802.jpg

--
Davey Crockett
France 2012
Votez Le Pen

[ilan[_2_]]

On Nov 8, 11:52*am, artiage > wrote:
> A Tuesday event!http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15572634
> --

Everyone, the press, movies...., overlooks that due to Newton's laws
and the two body problem solution, the Earth cannot "capture" an
asteroid. That is, the only way a collision can happen is if the
asteroid was exactly "aiming" at the Earth. This means that collisions
are exceedingly rare.

-ilan

[RicodJour[_2_]]

On Nov 10, 8:22*am, ilan > wrote:
> On Nov 8, 11:52*am, artiage > wrote:
>
> > A Tuesday event!http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15572634
> > --
>
> Everyone, the press, movies...., overlooks that due to Newton's laws
> and the two body problem solution, the Earth cannot "capture" an
> asteroid. That is, the only way a collision can happen is if the
> asteroid was exactly "aiming" at the Earth. This means that collisions
> are exceedingly rare.

I would prefer to think that it was aimed, rather than aiming. Please
don't disillusion me.

R

[DirtRoadie]

On Nov 10, 6:22*am, ilan > wrote:
> On Nov 8, 11:52*am, artiage > wrote:
>
> > A Tuesday event!http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15572634
> > --
>
> Everyone, the press, movies...., overlooks that due to Newton's laws
> and the two body problem solution, the Earth cannot "capture" an
> asteroid. That is, the only way a collision can happen is if the
> asteroid was exactly "aiming" at the Earth. This means that collisions
> are exceedingly rare.

Yeah, but it only has to happen once to spoil your day.
I still get choked up just thinking about my old pal T-Rex.
DR

[atriage[_6_]]

On 10/11/2011 14:17, RicodJour wrote:
> On Nov 10, 8:22 am, > wrote:
>> On Nov 8, 11:52 am, > wrote:
>>
>>> A Tuesday event!http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15572634
>>> --
>>
>> Everyone, the press, movies...., overlooks that due to Newton's laws
>> and the two body problem solution, the Earth cannot "capture" an
>> asteroid. That is, the only way a collision can happen is if the
>> asteroid was exactly "aiming" at the Earth. This means that collisions
>> are exceedingly rare.
>
> I would prefer to think that it was aimed, rather than aiming. Please
> don't disillusion me.
>

Yup, sentient asteroids is a pretty worrying concept.

--

[Fredmaster of Brainerd]

On Nov 10, 6:22*am, ilan > wrote:
> On Nov 8, 11:52*am, artiage > wrote:
>
> > A Tuesday event!http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15572634
> > --
>
> Everyone, the press, movies...., overlooks that due to Newton's laws
> and the two body problem solution, the Earth cannot "capture" an
> asteroid. That is, the only way a collision can happen is if the
> asteroid was exactly "aiming" at the Earth. This means that collisions
> are exceedingly rare.
>
> -ilan

It's not a two body problem.

Collisions with sizable objects are rare but not unknown.
Accretion of smaller objects (I don't know whether to call it
"collision" when the object burns up in the atmosphere) happen
all the time.

Because it's not a two body problem, an asteroid that is not
previously bound to the Earth can enter a collision trajectory,
and Earth-crossing asteroids can be scattered into an Earth-colliding
orbit. This is one of the reasons why close approaches are of
concern.
There was a possibility that during the 2029 approach, Apophis
would take a path that set it up for a collision in 2036. This
possibility is now thought to be very small.

However, because integrating these orbits is very sensitive to the
accuracy of the initial conditions - and possibly, for a close
approach,
even on the shape of the asteroid - when such an asteroid is
discovered, there is always a period where the possibility of a
future impact has to be taken seriously.

Fredmaster Ben

[Simply Fred]

atriage wrote:
> Yup, sentient asteroids is a pretty worrying concept.

Shirley you mean suicidal sentient asteroids.

[atriage[_6_]]

On 10/11/2011 19:54, Simply Fred wrote:
> atriage wrote:
>> Yup, sentient asteroids is a pretty worrying concept.
>
> Shirley you mean suicidal sentient asteroids.

Or possibly dinosaur hating suicidal sentient asteroids. The question is do they
hate people too? I mean maybe they get really annoyed when we land on them.

--

[ilan[_2_]]

On Nov 10, 6:08*pm, atriage > wrote:
> On 10/11/2011 14:17, RicodJour wrote:
>
> > On Nov 10, 8:22 am, > *wrote:
> >> On Nov 8, 11:52 am, > *wrote:
>
> >>> A Tuesday event!http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15572634
> >>> --
>
> >> Everyone, the press, movies...., overlooks that due to Newton's laws
> >> and the two body problem solution, the Earth cannot "capture" an
> >> asteroid. That is, the only way a collision can happen is if the
> >> asteroid was exactly "aiming" at the Earth. This means that collisions
> >> are exceedingly rare.
>
> > I would prefer to think that it was aimed, rather than aiming. *Please
> > don't disillusion me.
>
> Yup, sentient asteroids is a pretty worrying concept.
>
> --

How about sentient stars: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemesis_(hypothetical_star)


-ilan

[Frederick the Great]

In article >,
Simply Fred > wrote:

> Fredmaster of Brainerd wrote:
> >> Look on the bright side, we know that (99942)Apophis
> >> won't hit Earth in 2029, although there is still a small
> >> possibility that it will hit in 2036 (very unlikely, but depends
> >> on how its orbit is affected by the 2029 approach).
> >>
> >> This gives us a full 7 years more in which to learn the
> >> outcome of the Jan Ullrich WADA case.
>
> atriage wrote:
> > I see, at last I understand WADA's scheduling considerations.
>
> Unless of course their scheduling is based on astrological charts.
> Perhaps Lafferty should check whether LANCE's chart has anything about
> some given Tuesday being occluded by Mars.

Mars _owns_ Tuesday, but Brian is filing for an injunction.

--
Old Fritz

[Simply Fred]

atriage wrote:
> Or possibly dinosaur hating suicidal sentient asteroids. The question is
> do they hate people too? I mean maybe they get really annoyed when we
> land on them.

Perhaps that Russian mission to Phobos was sabotaged to protect us from
Phobos's wrath at having pieces of itself removed and taken to Earth. Or
perhaps the Russian space agency just ****ed up (and they don't even
have the excuse of getting mixed up between SI and stupid imperial units).

[atriage[_6_]]

On 11/11/2011 09:04, Simply Fred wrote:
> atriage wrote:
>> Or possibly dinosaur hating suicidal sentient asteroids. The question is
>> do they hate people too? I mean maybe they get really annoyed when we
>> land on them.
>
> Perhaps that Russian mission to Phobos was sabotaged to protect us from Phobos's
> wrath at having pieces of itself removed and taken to Earth. Or perhaps the
> Russian space agency just ****ed up

There's some serious overtime being worked on that mission now, I hope they can
persuade the silly thing to do an engine burn (preferably one that heads it off
towards Mars).

> (and they don't even have the excuse of
> getting mixed up between SI and stupid imperial units).

Yeah America makes a big song and dance about it's independence but uses
measurement units decreed by a King of England 900 or so years ago. (Henry I
(1100-1135)) or the Romans 1000 years before that. NASA is just about my
favourite organisation in the world but that conversion ****up was criminally
stupid.


--

[RicodJour[_2_]]

On Nov 11, 4:31*am, atriage > wrote:
>
> Yeah America makes a big song and dance about it's independence but uses
> measurement units decreed by a King of England 900 or so years ago. (Henry I
> (1100-1135)) or the Romans 1000 years before that. NASA is just about my
> favourite organisation in the world but that conversion ****up was criminally
> stupid.

What conversion ****up?

R

[RicodJour[_2_]]

On Nov 11, 4:31*am, atriage > wrote:
>
> Yeah America makes a big song and dance about it's independence but uses
> measurement units decreed by a King of England 900 or so years ago. (Henry I
> (1100-1135)) or the Romans 1000 years before that.

BTW, that's not nearly as stupid or dependent as insisting on base ten
units because God created people with ten fingers 6000 years ago.

R

[atriage[_6_]]

On 11/11/2011 14:01, RicodJour wrote:
> On Nov 11, 4:31 am, > wrote:
>>
>> Yeah America makes a big song and dance about it's independence but uses
>> measurement units decreed by a King of England 900 or so years ago. (Henry I
>> (1100-1135)) or the Romans 1000 years before that. NASA is just about my
>> favourite organisation in the world but that conversion ****up was criminally
>> stupid.
>
> What conversion ****up?
>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Climate_Orbiter


--

[atriage[_6_]]

On 11/11/2011 14:04, atriage wrote:
> On 11/11/2011 14:01, RicodJour wrote:
>> On Nov 11, 4:31 am, > wrote:
>>>
>>> Yeah America makes a big song and dance about it's independence but uses
>>> measurement units decreed by a King of England 900 or so years ago. (Henry I
>>> (1100-1135)) or the Romans 1000 years before that. NASA is just about my
>>> favourite organisation in the world but that conversion ****up was criminally
>>> stupid.
>>
>> What conversion ****up?
>>
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Climate_Orbiter
>
>
Actually strictly speaking it was a 'lack of conversion' error, but still wholly
unacceptable and ****ing expensive.

--

[Davey Crockett[_5_]]

RicodJour a écrit profondement:

| On Nov 11, 4:31*am, atriage > wrote:
| >
| > Yeah America makes a big song and dance about it's independence but uses
| > measurement units decreed by a King of England 900 or so years ago. (Henry I
| > (1100-1135)) or the Romans 1000 years before that. NASA is just about my
| > favourite organisation in the world but that conversion ****up was criminally
| > stupid.
>
| What conversion ****up?
>

The one they didn't use to neutralize the Van Allen Belt when they
didn't go to the Moon to avoid the embarrassment of having to go
through the Russian Customs and Immigration process when they landed.

--
Davey Crockett
France 2012
Votez Le Pen

[atriage[_6_]]

On 11/11/2011 14:02, RicodJour wrote:
> On Nov 11, 4:31 am, > wrote:
>>
>> Yeah America makes a big song and dance about it's independence but uses
>> measurement units decreed by a King of England 900 or so years ago. (Henry I
>> (1100-1135)) or the Romans 1000 years before that.
>
> BTW, that's not nearly as stupid or dependent as insisting on base ten
> units because God created people with ten fingers 6000 years ago.
>

Don't be silly, God knows best.
--

[Simply Fred]

RicodJour wrote:
> BTW, that's not nearly as stupid or dependent as insisting on base ten
> units

At least the units have a consistent base and not some random hodge-podge eg
1 mile = 5280 feet = 1760 yards = 63360 inches = really dumb

[Davey Crockett[_5_]]

Simply Fred a écrit profondement:

| RicodJour wrote:
| > BTW, that's not nearly as stupid or dependent as insisting on base ten
| > units
>
| At least the units have a consistent base and not some random hodge-podge eg
| 1 mile = 5280 feet = 1760 yards = 63360 inches = really dumb

Admittedly not the most progressive sequence, I'll grant you that much,
and in fact when Davey lived in that fogbound, third world refuge and
smog defiled Reich, he was an active campaigner for the metric system,
both for measurements (Distance, weights,) and currenncy but got nowhere.

The locals did seem to manage well enough, and at least they weren't
burdened by additionally having to add varying rates of taxation to
arrive at the final prices as YankeeDoodle punters and
Canuk.Frontiersmen are.

But you should have seen the fun many, particularly the older denizens
of Albion had when a "Sixpence" became 2.5 Pence, a "shilling" became 5
Pence. a sovereign became 10 Pence, a Half-crown became 12.5 pence and
ten shilling became 50 pence with the somewhat shaky and fluctuating
GBP(£ ) reduced from 240 pennies to 100 "New Pence" or "Quid" in the
vernacular.


Anecdotally, the Joy Girls, if such I may call them, didn't seem to
have any difficulty. and picked up the changeover as fast as the whores
could drop their drawers on Pay Day at The Mine.

--
Davey Crockett
Ragheads Burn Poppies
Patriots Burn ragheads

[Simply Fred]

Davey Crockett wrote:
> But you should have seen the fun many, particularly the older denizens
> of Albion had when a "Sixpence" became 2.5 Pence, a "shilling" became 5
> Pence. a sovereign became 10 Pence, a Half-crown became 12.5 pence and
> ten shilling became 50 pence with the somewhat shaky and fluctuating
> GBP(£ ) reduced from 240 pennies to 100 "New Pence" or "Quid" in the
> vernacular.
>
> Anecdotally, the Joy Girls, if such I may call them, didn't seem to
> have any difficulty. and picked up the changeover as fast as the whores
> could drop their drawers on Pay Day at The Mine.

Nobody ever thinks about the poor johns. The German ones (jans ?) must
have lost out when the switch to the Euro happened:
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3411009.stm>

But that would be nothing compared to their ancestors in the Weimar
republic who presumably had to bring a wheelbarrow of cash for a handjob.

[Davey Crockett[_5_]]

Simply Fred a écrit profondement:

| Davey Crockett wrote:
| > But you should have seen the fun many, particularly the older denizens
| > of Albion had when a "Sixpence" became 2.5 Pence, a "shilling" became 5
| > Pence. a sovereign became 10 Pence, a Half-crown became 12.5 pence and
| > ten shilling became 50 pence with the somewhat shaky and fluctuating
| > GBP(£ ) reduced from 240 pennies to 100 "New Pence" or "Quid" in the
| > vernacular.
| >
| > Anecdotally, the Joy Girls, if such I may call them, didn't seem to
| > have any difficulty. and picked up the changeover as fast as the whores
| > could drop their drawers on Pay Day at The Mine.
>
| Nobody ever thinks about the poor johns. The German ones (jans ?) must
| have lost out when the switch to the Euro happened:
| <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3411009.stm>
>
| But that would be nothing compared to their ancestors in the Weimar
| republic who presumably had to bring a wheelbarrow of cash for a handjob.
>

Talking about money and tariffs for various services reminded Davey
that he set up a trial account with VoipCheap.

There is 10€ sitting in a dormant account good for another 56 days or so
that Davey doesn't need

You can try a free call here to almost anywhere in the World.
http://www.voipcheap.com/en/webcalls_instructions.html

But if you would like to use up the 10€ you can mention to Davey by
by posting here and he will give you a contact for the LI/PW to use the
10€ up. I'd hate some ******s in SchleckReich to get the money by
default and Davey has numerous other avenues for Free Phone Calls plus
1-800 type numbers so folks can call him toll-free set up in several
countries as several of the regulars on RBR and other Forums already know.

No strings attached except please, this is for the Needy, not the
Greedy.

Call it a Christmas Gifft. Davey ain't no Christian for sure, but since
there's such an Anti-Movement these days and the Chimp-in-Charge, in
violation of the Constitution, is sure to be kissing ass by having a
Menorah on the White House Lawn, Davey's buckling on his Sword and
Shiield and standing with the Christian God-Mongers this year.

--
Davey Crockett
Flying the Flag of the English
The Battle Flag of Hengest and Horsa
http://azurservers.com:7080/rbr/englishdragon.jpg

[RicodJour[_2_]]

On Nov 11, 12:56*pm, Simply Fred > wrote:
> RicodJour wrote:
>
> > BTW, that's not nearly as stupid or dependent as insisting on base ten
> > units
>
> At least the units have a consistent base and not some random hodge-podge eg
> 1 mile = *5280 feet = 1760 yards = 63360 inches = really dumb

Listen to you talk! How else would we know that the kids aren't
learning things right along if they mastered all units by the age of
seven?

It's a _progressive_ learning system. I also notice that you left out
furlongs and leagues, making me think that you never progressed past
the XII grade.

R

[Carl Sundquist[_2_]]

On Nov 12, 12:15*pm, RicodJour > wrote:
> On Nov 11, 12:56*pm, Simply Fred > wrote:
>
> > RicodJour wrote:
>
> > > BTW, that's not nearly as stupid or dependent as insisting on base ten
> > > units
>
> > At least the units have a consistent base and not some random hodge-podge eg
> > 1 mile = *5280 feet = 1760 yards = 63360 inches = really dumb
>
> Listen to you talk! *How else would we know that the kids aren't
> learning things right along if they mastered all units by the age of
> seven?
>
> It's a _progressive_ learning system. *I also notice that you left out
> furlongs and leagues, making me think that you never progressed past
> the XII grade.
>
> R

Or nautical miles

[Bob Martin]

in 659591 20111112 080952 Davey Crockett > wrote:

>But you should have seen the fun many, particularly the older denizens
>of Albion had when a "Sixpence" became 2.5 Pence, a "shilling" became 5
>Pence. a sovereign became 10 Pence, a Half-crown became 12.5 pence and
>ten shilling became 50 pence with the somewhat shaky and fluctuating
>GBP(� ) reduced from 240 pennies to 100 "New Pence" or "Quid" in the
>vernacular.

A florin became 10 pence. A sovereign was 21 shillings.

[Fredmaster of Brainerd]

On Nov 13, 12:49*am, Bob Martin > wrote:
> in 659591 20111112 080952 Davey Crockett > wrote:
>
> >But you should have seen the fun many, particularly the older denizens
> >of Albion had when a "Sixpence" became 2.5 Pence, a "shilling" became 5
> >Pence. a sovereign became 10 Pence, a Half-crown became 12.5 pence and
> >ten shilling became 50 pence with the somewhat shaky and fluctuating
> >GBP( ) reduced from 240 pennies to 100 "New Pence" or "Quid" in the
> >vernacular.
>
> A florin became 10 pence. *A sovereign was 21 shillings.

Since we Yanks are kind enough to credit you
for the "English system" of weights and measures
that we continue to use as a tribute to early British
engineering, I think it only appropriate that you
refer to decimalized currency as the "American system."
Thus, old = Imperial pound, new = American pound.
Or, if that's too grating, perhaps "French pound,"
since they did a lot to popularize decimal systems
of measurement.

Fredmaster Ben

[Simply Fred]

Carl Sundquist wrote:
> Or nautical miles

If Fredmaster and his kith had their way even FM race distances would be
listed in AU.

[Davey Crockett[_5_]]

Bob Martin a écrit profondement:

| in 659591 20111112 080952 Davey Crockett > wrote:
>
| >But you should have seen the fun many, particularly the older denizens
| >of Albion had when a "Sixpence" became 2.5 Pence, a "shilling" became 5
| >Pence. a sovereign became 10 Pence, a Half-crown became 12.5 pence and
| >ten shilling became 50 pence with the somewhat shaky and fluctuating
| >GBP(� ) reduced from 240 pennies to 100 "New Pence" or "Quid" in the
| >vernacular.
>
| A florin became 10 pence. A sovereign was 21 shillings.

You are right

Davey just had a brain fart there and couldn't rememberr what they
called a 2 bob bit.

But Davey really does miss the silver thre'penny bits that his mom used
to hide in the Christmas puddings,

Sorry about that.

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Davey Crockett
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