Tongue in cheek

[mark costello 1Participant @markcostello1]

Man this is complicated He says as He shuffles back to His Inferial measurements.

[Nick WheelerParticipant @nickwheeler]

Posted by mark costello 1 on 26/02/2016 14:17:49:

Man this is complicated He says as He shuffles back to His Inferial measurements.

Nothing complicated about it: use the measurements you're comfortable with by default, and the other when you have to. Use them as presented as converting 'foreign' to what you prefer is an excellent way of introducing easily avoidable errors.

As for the Mulhouse museum, I've wanted to visit for years; we visit the west coast of France so it is out of my way. I've very little interest in railways!

[Geoff TheasbyParticipant @geofftheasby]

It's the same size, however you measure it!

Geoff

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Well-said, Geoff

MichaelG.

[Anna 1Participant @anna1]

Hi, all .

The unit of measure that always amused me was "degrees of Twaddle". a measure of specific gravity. I first saw it mentioned many years ago in a Cannings electroplating handbook I dont know whether it was specific to the plating industry or not. You can still buy Hydrometers calibrated in "Twaddle" so presumably it it is still used.

Kind regards

Anna

[Another JohnSParticipant @anotherjohns]

Posted by Nicholas Wheeler 1 on 26/02/2016 14:26:34

As for the Mulhouse museum, I've wanted to visit for years; we visit the west coast of France so it is out of my way. I've very little interest in railways!

Nicholas – if you go to the Mulhouse Railway Museum, you'll see the most impressive bit of kit IMPORTED into France – alongside the French native equivalent. The SNCF 141R, of which a whole bunch were sent over from Canada (yay) and the USA (as per the one on display).

The 141Rs were rough and ready, not NEARLY as refined as the French equivalents, but got the job done, no muss, no fuss. I think the one on display has cast bar frames, but I could be mistaken, it's been a while since I visited.

Wikipedia has a good entry on the SNCF 141Rs.

John

[DodParticipant @dod]

Posted by Farmboy on 25/02/2016 22:14:13:

Hay and Straw.

36 trusses = 1 load

Thought everybody knew that

I know that but how big is your truss

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