Rockngolfer, Approximately true within about 1 ounce weight for U.S. liquid pint (= 28 7/8 cubic inches) and avoirdupois pound (= 453 grams), but way off when it’s an Imperial pint (= 34.678 cu in) or U.S. dry pint (= 33.6 cu in) or troy pound (= 373 grams) or French pound or….
And a pound of gold actually is lighter than a pound of feathers because gold is weighed in troy measure which differs from avoirdupois (the U.S. “regular” weight units)
Our U.S. measures are so much more fun than those metric units.
pouncingtiger almost 14 years ago
Who didn’t see that pun coming a mile away.
yyyguy almost 14 years ago
we Canadians. however, we saw it coming 1.6 km away.
x_Tech almost 14 years ago
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rockngolfer almost 14 years ago
I always say, a miss is as good as 1.609 kilometers.
gobblingup Premium Member almost 14 years ago
I thought it was “a miss is as good as a Mrs.”?
bmonk almost 14 years ago
This resolved several questions for me.
ububobu almost 14 years ago
As an engineer I say 1.609344 exactly.
freeholder1 almost 14 years ago
My Gram said you guys missed the weight part of the joke.
bmonk almost 14 years ago
@Freeholder, we were just sitting around weighting for you…
fredbuhl almost 14 years ago
Don’t forget walking a kilometeer in another man’s boots.
rockngolfer almost 14 years ago
A pint’s a pound the world around.
whitecarabao almost 14 years ago
Rockngolfer, Approximately true within about 1 ounce weight for U.S. liquid pint (= 28 7/8 cubic inches) and avoirdupois pound (= 453 grams), but way off when it’s an Imperial pint (= 34.678 cu in) or U.S. dry pint (= 33.6 cu in) or troy pound (= 373 grams) or French pound or….
And a pound of gold actually is lighter than a pound of feathers because gold is weighed in troy measure which differs from avoirdupois (the U.S. “regular” weight units)
Our U.S. measures are so much more fun than those metric units.