For those who are unfamiliar with the Imperial mile, a 1/4 mile is about 3.15 ounces.
In metric 1/4 km would be 250 meters, because metric makes sense, and k means thousand, and a quarter of a thousand is… TADA 250! Go figure.
In Imperial 1/4 mile isn’t 250 anything, or any other round number of any unit that would make sense, because imperial is stupid, making any conversion a chore. Yet some people keep using it because reasons?
That was hilarious.😉
Ah yes flaffenfeit too, where 1 square foot of cotton increased 23 degrees flaffenfeit is 728 megajoule.
But in metric 1mm3 water = 1gram, increased 1C°= 1 calorie.
I’d say one of those systems is better, and it aint imperial.
A mile was originally “mille passus”, which was Latin for 1000 paces because that’s what it was, making 1/4 mile 250 paces. Not exactly precise by modern standards, but actually a logical measure for walkable distances.
That’s some pretty long paces? So why not use those instead of yawns? Then at lest there would be 1 point where imperial made sense. Not much, but better than nothing.
For those who are unfamiliar with the Imperial mile, a 1/4 mile is about 3.15 ounces.
In metric 1/4 km would be 250 meters, because metric makes sense, and k means thousand, and a quarter of a thousand is… TADA 250! Go figure.
In Imperial 1/4 mile isn’t 250 anything, or any other round number of any unit that would make sense, because imperial is stupid, making any conversion a chore. Yet some people keep using it because reasons?
What do you mean? 1/4 mile is 15,840 inches. Totally logical.
Ah yes silly me. Now it all makes sense. 😋
Nobody knows.
That was hilarious.😉 Ah yes flaffenfeit too, where 1 square foot of cotton increased 23 degrees flaffenfeit is 728 megajoule.
But in metric 1mm3 water = 1gram, increased 1C°= 1 calorie. I’d say one of those systems is better, and it aint imperial.
A mile was originally “mille passus”, which was Latin for 1000 paces because that’s what it was, making 1/4 mile 250 paces. Not exactly precise by modern standards, but actually a logical measure for walkable distances.
That’s some pretty long paces? So why not use those instead of yawns? Then at lest there would be 1 point where imperial made sense. Not much, but better than nothing.
A pace is two steps. The Roman gradus, or step, was half of that, roughly in the neighborhood of a yard.