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where do we get say a centimeter or a pound from. i remember when i was a young or something a teacher saying the calibrate a pound to something in england......any ideas?

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  • Wetts1012Wetts1012
    I was wondering how you got 1000 posts so quickly.
  • HVEEPOKERHVEEPOKER
    darbday wrote: »
    where do we get say a centimeter or a pound from. i remember when i was a young or something a teacher saying the calibrate a pound to something in england......any ideas?
    You're asking poker players this ? lol
  • HVEEPOKERHVEEPOKER
    Wetts1012 wrote: »
    I was wondering how you got 1000 posts so quickly.
    I was wondering how you can Play a tourney on line. Win It! post and surf all at the same time.
  • UnknownUnknown
    Wetts1012 wrote: »
    I was wondering how you got 1000 posts so quickly.

    i once ate eggs and toast 3 meals a day for 3 months to see the effects on the mind.
  • UnknownUnknown
    HVEEPOKER wrote: »
    You're asking poker players this ? lol

    this is a talented crowd in many ways.
  • HobbesHobbes
    You may be thinking of a kg.


    Kilogram - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  • LanterneRougeLanterneRouge
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_system#Practicality

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_(mass)
  • UnknownUnknown
    LanterneRouge wrote: »
    Metric system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_(mass)


    i appreciate this and further comment but fail
  • UnknownUnknown
    Hobbes wrote: »
    You may be thinking of a kg.


    Kilogram - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


    eat it hv

    Hobbes FTW....
  • UnknownUnknown
    From wiki:

    After the International Prototype Kilogram had been found to vary in mass over time, the International Committee for Weights and Measures
    ....recommended in 2005 that the kilogram be redefined in terms of a fundamental constant of nature.[3]

    No final decision is expected before 2011
  • MiloMilo
    Okay, but what about a "baker's dozen"?



















    I already know . . .
  • GTA PokerGTA Poker
    Milo wrote: »
    Okay, but what about a "baker's dozen"?








    I already know . . .

    AJ?
  • GTA PokerGTA Poker
    Wetts1012 wrote: »
    I was wondering how you got 1000 posts so quickly.

    You makes me laugh sir
  • MiloMilo
    A Baker's dozen refers to the practice of selling 13 rolls for the price of 12. In one of the first consumer advocacy laws anywhere, England enacted a law which made it a crime to "short" consumers who purchased bread rolls. 12 rolls were required to weigh "X" amount. Most bakeries, in order to avoid any penalty, began putting 13 rolls in every order of a dozen, thus ensuring they were above the minimum weight, hence the origin of the term.
  • philliiveyphilliivey
    I miss Baker's dozen doughnuts!
  • SuitedPairSuitedPair
    philliivey wrote: »
    I miss Baker's dozen doughnuts!

    Ya, there disgusting coffee was so good after a night of drinking.
  • moosemoose
    darbday wrote: »
    where do we get say a centimeter or a pound from. i remember when i was a young or something a teacher saying the calibrate a pound to something in england......any ideas?

    You think you are getting ripped by your dealer again?
  • SuitedPairSuitedPair
    The metre (or meter), symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole, its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology. Since 1983, it is defined as the distance travelled by light in vacuum in 1⁄299,792,458 of a second.

    This is one reason why metric is the shiznit, it is precise and it's the same everywhere


    Imperial on the other hand.....

    A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] abbreviation or symbol: ft or ′ – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit of length in a number of different systems including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. Its size can vary from system to system, but in each is around a quarter to a third of a meter. The most commonly used foot today is the international foot. There are three feet in a yard and 12 inches in a foot


    The only thing to keep from this system is the Pint as it synonymous with BEER.
  • MiloMilo
    And don't forget that Gold is weighed in Troy weight as opposed to Avoir du Pois (sp?) Gold is 12 oz to the pound whereas everything else is 16 oz. to the pound.


    And yanks wonder why everyone else switched to metric? Sheeeesh . . .
  • UnknownUnknown
    SuitedPair wrote: »
    Since 1983, it is defined as the distance travelled by light in vacuum in 1⁄299,792,458 of a second.

    yes but to define a second you imply a distance.
  • UnknownUnknown
    Milo wrote: »
    And don't forget that Gold is weighed in Troy weight as opposed to Avoir du Pois (sp?) Gold is 12 oz to the pound whereas everything else is 16 oz. to the pound.


    And yanks wonder why everyone else switched to metric? Sheeeesh . . .

    um...not just the states milo.......but also....burma?
  • UnknownUnknown
    moose wrote: »
    You think you are getting ripped by your dealer again?

    we don't rip each other off in bc, plenty to go around ^-^
  • MiloMilo
    darbday wrote: »
    um...not just the states milo.......but also....burma?


    The defense rests . . . ^-^
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