> What _is_ duct tape ?
> In the UK we have stuff called "gaffer" tape which is a couple of
> inches wide, usually silver, made of woven fabric with a very sticky
> adhesive. Is this the same stuff ?
Yup- that's it. Also available in various colours, to match one's race car,
at which point it becomes Racers Tape.
> differences between US and UK volumes.
> Unit US UK
> gallon 3.79 l (-16.7%) 4.55 l (+20.1%)
> quart 0.95 l (-16.7%) 1.14 l (+20.1%)
> pint 473 ml (-16.7%) 568 ml (+20.1%)
> fluid ounce 29.6 ml (-4.1%) 28.4 ml (+3.9%)
Right- we just tend to remember that there are 5 US quarts in an Imperial
Gallon, the rest flows from there.
Then there's weight- that business of CWT (Hundred Weight) of which there are
112 pounds in a Hundred Weight. We won't get into stones again...
At least a mile is a mile, and an inch is an inch. Our Spirits now come in
Litres too. Canada is almost fully metric, but some fools in our Fedral
government just defeated a plan start conversion by at least putting both
measurements on road signs. Heck- A lot of the world today may speak English,
but they all measure in Metric.
There is a British <=> American dictionary of sorts on the SOL file server-
prehaps we could use a measurements listing as well.
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Roger Garnett (Roger_Garnett@cornell.edu)
"The South Lansing Centre For Wayward Sports Cars"
"All donations of stray, orphaned, odd, neglected, etc.
sports cars and bits in need of a good home accepted."
"The drop off bin is right there- behind the barn..."
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