I thought everyone read Charles Dickens and learned what a fortnight is. That is how I learned it as I recall. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Smith" To: "'Microcontroller discussion list - Public.'" Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 6:58 AM Subject: RE: [OT] Units rant >> >> Hectare certainly shows up in surveying. 1 acre is ~0.45 hectares. >> > >> >I get 4046.85 m^2, or ~0.405 hectare. >> >> Well, I did indicate approximate, I just didn't say how >> approximate ;))) I can see my memory is failing worse than I thought. >> >> >Therefore, my ~52000 ft^2 lot is about 0.483 hectare. >> >> I used to describe the property I had in NZ as an acre plus >> 10 sq metres ... >> IIRC it was 0.4056 Hectare. Most people didn't pick up on the >> mixed imperial and metric units. > > > So how many cubic fortnights per hour is that? > > BTW, is fortnight just an Australian thing these days? (go on, laugh at > my > lame joke). > > My recent co-workers, be they German, Korean, Russian, Estonian, Swedish, > Indian or whatever have all looked at me blankly when I use fortnight. > What > gives? > > Tony > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist