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December 9th 14, 11:23 PM
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Charles Ellson wrote:
On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 15:26:46 +0000, Graeme Wall wrote: On 09/12/2014 14:27, wrote: On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:02:14 +0000, Graeme Wall wrote: They are so big you could fit a train in them. Oh, wait... By the industry standard unit of measure, shouldn't that be, "you could drive a London double-decker bus through those"? And I wonder if you could? How do they compare with the size of Wales? Wales is the standard unit of measurement for large areas, such as rain forests or provinces (football fields and tennis courts are used for smaller areas). London buses are the standard unit for height (for much smaller objects, human hairs are the unit). Nelson's Column is used for bigger sizes And, of course, Olympic-sized swimming pools are used for volume comparisons. Elephants are used for both weight and volume. St Paul's Cathedral seems to be both a height and a volume measurement. How many Elephants do we need before we change to Albert Halls. Via blue whales. Also occasionally the Albert Monument for height. Not come across that one. Nelson's Column is much more likely for objects of that scale range. |
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December 9th 14, 11:45 PM
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On Wed, 10 Dec 2014 00:23:24 +0000 (UTC), Recliner
wrote: Charles Ellson wrote: On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 15:26:46 +0000, Graeme Wall wrote: On 09/12/2014 14:27, wrote: On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:02:14 +0000, Graeme Wall wrote: They are so big you could fit a train in them. Oh, wait... By the industry standard unit of measure, shouldn't that be, "you could drive a London double-decker bus through those"? And I wonder if you could? How do they compare with the size of Wales? Wales is the standard unit of measurement for large areas, such as rain forests or provinces (football fields and tennis courts are used for smaller areas). London buses are the standard unit for height (for much smaller objects, human hairs are the unit). Nelson's Column is used for bigger sizes And, of course, Olympic-sized swimming pools are used for volume comparisons. Elephants are used for both weight and volume. St Paul's Cathedral seems to be both a height and a volume measurement. How many Elephants do we need before we change to Albert Halls. Via blue whales. Also occasionally the Albert Monument for height. Not come across that one. Nelson's Column is much more likely for objects of that scale range. AM's sound more impressive. ;-) I think it's the Daily Mirror that has used them in the past, possibly where there was a Kensington connection. |
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