It could have been Whitworth my memory has Wentworth but that may have applied to another measure. Given the lapse of years I suppose it could have been Witworth. The idea that I had to use three different kinds of tools was certainly novel at the time. But I had a lot of fun with the Jag. ----- Original Message ----- From: "J FLETCHER" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 2:00 AM Subject: Re: [OT] Units rant > Not heard of Wentworth, do you mean Whitworth? British Standard Whitworth > is still around. Camera/tripod threads are 1/4" BSW for small cameras, > 3/8" BSW > for larger, heavier ones. Not sure where else it's used on new items. > > John > > Rich wrote: > I once had a jaguar that had English, Metric and Wentworth standards. It > was a (joy) maintaining it. I don't hear much about Wentworth these days. > The Jag was a classic that I restored, 1952 Silverton roadster. It took 16 > quarts of oil and had 16 inch tires. Do you know if Wentworth is still > around? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Russell McMahon" > To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." > > Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 11:29 PM > Subject: Re: [OT] Units rant > > >> The footnote "***", while specifically referenced on a number of >> occasions, is to be understood throughout. >> >>> ... a NewZealandish meter ... to be different in size >> >> We have many many thousands of different sizes of meters in NZ - but >> all our metres are the same size :-) (or, are meant to be). >> >>> ... Could it be that you have a BE-centric viewpoint? :) >> >> I'd hope so :-). >> But, more a PV* one, plus a BE** centric keyboard at an obvious (to >> me) level. >> The same does not explain and is not of the same type of variation as >> the transposition of "re" to "er" in words***. >> >> While my daughter could, no doubt, were it not that she was currently >> about 2000 km away from here, make her text sing with *** umlauts, >> graves, acutes, cedillas, carons, krouzeks, tremas, breves, kahakos >> (macrons), ogoneks, hooks, dagesh****, mappiq, horns, (I can do tildes >> :-)), titlos and more, using the very same keyboard that I am using >> now, such a feat would require of me more education that happens to >> have happened to date. For most purposes my missives are understood at >> a basic level with the accents removed from my characters. [[Do note >> that I'm not seeking to justify this lack of capability - just noting >> it]]. A keyboard and/or software system that allows of ease of >> variation of basic characters by people with semi-fixed (in this area >> at least) brain paths would be a blessing. >> >> Have you ever tried to send messages from a PC which thinks that you >> want to converse in Chinese and is utterly dedicated to ensuring that >> you do so ? :-). When sending emails from Taiwan I have been forced on >> occasion to use Alt-nnn combinations to obtain "English" text or even >> to cutting and pasting letters from other messages. I'm certain that >> there would have been easy ways to convince said PCs that I wanted to >> actually produce the characters shown on the keyboards that I was >> using, but I could not at the time find anyone who could both >> understand my question and answer it. >> >> I'm aware that discussions like this are unlikely to produce >> satisfactory outcomes when dealing with people who are not aware of >> the existence of Aluminium :-). >> >> >> >> >> Russell >> >> >> * Plain Vanilla >> >> ** There is ONLY British English. All other forms of xE are impostors. >> >> Have you ever herd of eg English French, English German, French >> Spanish etc? :-) >> I imagine that eg "Brazilian Spanish" may be a meaningful concept. >> >> I find it amusing that English is the *** Lingua Franca of the modern >> world. I imagine that the Chinese are working on that. >> >> *** Any requisite speech marks implied. >> >> >> **** I'm not at all sure whether the plural of Hebrew terms deserves >> an appended s in the current context so I have not used one. In other >> cases where I have added an s it may in fact be superfluous. >> >> >> How do you say "Deja vu" in French? >> >> >> ______________ >> >> Useful: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_key >> >> -- >> 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 > > -- > 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