Conversion factors? From a rocket scientist? Now I've seen everything. Where
were you when they were setting up that Mars lander?
8-)
Theo
Steve Laifman wrote:
> Tigers and 'Pines,
>
> We are constantly looking for conversion factors, here in the colonies,
> when faced with metric measurements, British Measurements (like 1/4 inch
> Whitworth, Imperial Gallons, fortnights, and bonnets) that I have
> collected an eclectic set of conversion factors for situations you may
> face. I'll bet you didn't know our energy crises is caused by selling
> energy sources in British Thermal Units!
>
> Keep a copy in your wallet, in the event you need a quick answer.
>
> Handy Conversion Factors, Validated by a Rocket Scientist
>
> For those who thought the hardest part of Physics 101 was the constant
> conversion from MKS or CGS units to English units, here are some other
> useful quantity conversions:
>
> 1.) Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter: Eskimo Pi
>
> 2.) 2000 pounds of Chinese soup: Won ton
>
> 3.) 1 millionth of a mouthwash: 1 microscope
>
> 4.) Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement:
> 1 bananosecond
>
> 5.) Weight an evangelist carries with God: 1 billigram
>
> 6.) Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour:
> Knot-furlong
>
> 7.) 365.25 days of drinking low-calorie beer because it's less filling: 1
> lite year
>
> 8.) 16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone: 1 Rod Serling
>
> 9.) Half of a large intestine: 1 semicolon
>
> 10.) 1 million aches: 1 megahurtz
>
> 11.) Basic unit of laryngitis: 1 hoarsepower
>
> 12.) Shortest distance between two jokes: A straight line
>
> 13.) 453.6 graham crackers: 1 pound cake
>
> 14.) 1 million-million microphones: 1 megaphone
>
> 15.) 1 million bicycles: 2 megacycles
>
> 16.) 365.25 days: 1 unicycle
>
> 17.) 2000 mockingbirds: two kilomockingbirds
>
> 18.) 10 cards: 1 decacards
>
> 19.) 1 kilogram of falling figs: 1 Fig Newton
>
> 20.) 1000 grams of wet socks: 1 literhosen
>
> 21.) 1 millionth of a fish: 1 microfiche
>
> 22.) 1 trillion pins: 1 terrapin
>
> 23.) 10 rations: 1 decoration
>
> 24.) 100 rations: 1 C-ration
>
> 25.) 2 monograms: 1 diagram
>
> 26.) 8 nickels: 2 paradigms
>
> 27.) 2.4 statute miles of intravenous surgical tubing at Yale University
> Hospital: 1 I.V. League
> 28.) 100 Senators: Not 1 decision
>
> --
> Steve Laifman < Find out what is most >
> B9472289 < important in your life >
> < and don't let it get away!>
> <SLaifman@SoCal.RR.com>
> <http://www.TigersUnited.com/gallery/SteveLaifman.asp>
>
> _/_/_/_/_/_/_/
> _/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/
> _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/
> _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/
> _/_/_/_/_/__/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
> _/
> _/_/_/
>
> --
> Steve Laifman < Find out what is most >
> B9472289 < important in your life >
> < and don't let it get away!>
> <SLaifman@SoCal.RR.com>
> <http://www.TigersUnited.com/gallery/SteveLaifman.asp>
>
> _/_/_/_/_/_/_/
> _/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/
> _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/
> _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/
> _/_/_/_/_/__/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
> _/
> _/_/_/
|