Some Obscure Engineering Conversion Tables....
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Some Obscure Engineering Conversion Tables....
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 = Knotfurlong
7. 365.25 days of drinking low-calorie beer = 1 Lite year
8. 16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone = 1 Rod Sterling
9. Half a large intestine = 1 semicolon
10. 1,000,000 aches = 1 megahurtz
11. Basic unit of laryngitis = 1 hoarsepower
12. Shortest distance between two jokes = a straight line
13. 2000 mockingbirds = two kilomockingbirds
14. 1 kilogram of falling figs = 1 Fig Newton
15. 1000 ccs of wet socks = 1 literhosen
16. 8 nickels = 2 paradimes...
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 = Knotfurlong
7. 365.25 days of drinking low-calorie beer = 1 Lite year
8. 16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone = 1 Rod Sterling
9. Half a large intestine = 1 semicolon
10. 1,000,000 aches = 1 megahurtz
11. Basic unit of laryngitis = 1 hoarsepower
12. Shortest distance between two jokes = a straight line
13. 2000 mockingbirds = two kilomockingbirds
14. 1 kilogram of falling figs = 1 Fig Newton
15. 1000 ccs of wet socks = 1 literhosen
16. 8 nickels = 2 paradimes...
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Re: Some Obscure Engineering Conversion Tables....
Thanks for this key information.
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I'm not a selfish person with my genius .....Old Savage wrote:Thanks for this key information.
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Re: Some Obscure Engineering Conversion Tables....
Math is hard...
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funny stuff, thanks for the smiles
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Re: Some Obscure Engineering Conversion Tables....
ok, that was bad enough to borrow
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Re: Some Obscure Engineering Conversion Tables....
Thanks Blaine, that's some handy conversions to have available.
I'll run off a copy to stick in with my CRC book's conversion section.
I'll run off a copy to stick in with my CRC book's conversion section.
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Yestiday, I kuldn't spel ingineer; tanks to you, today I are one.......................
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Re: Some Obscure Engineering Conversion Tables....
There are mornings when I can feel number eleven.
Twelve is dang funny and true at the same time!
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Re: Some Obscure Engineering Conversion Tables....
Very good sir.
Re: Some Obscure Engineering Conversion Tables....
17. 1 tuba equ. 3 cornets
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