On 05/04/2017 10:18, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 05/04/17 09:50, Gareth's Downstairs Computer wrote:
>> On 04/04/2017 23:36, Mike Fleming wrote:
>>> In article , Dennis Lee
>>> Bieber writes:
>>>
>>>> And miles per gallon makes a more meaningful measure to me than
>>>> liters
>>>> per km. {I have half a tank [10 gallons]: how far will that get me? Lot
>>>> easier to do 10 * MPG than to work out an inverse [approximating 4l per
>>>> gal] 40/l/km}
>>>
>>> But if you want to know how much petrol it will take to do the x mile
>>> trip you're just about to do, the calculation is a simple one. You
>>> just have to remember that a mile is about 1.6km.
>>>
>>
>> Two and a quarter pounds of jam
>> Weighs about a kilogramme.
>>
>> Two mega pigs and half a ram
>> Weighs about a gigagramme.
>>
>> If centigrade confuses you,
>> And, yes, it often might,
>> nine fifths of C plus thirty-two
>> Will give you Fahrenheit.
>>
>> Can you wait for me to tell you what is two ohms?
>> Half a mho ...
>>
>> What is yellow and always points to the north?
>> A magnetic banana.
>>
>> Joking apart, any interest in the Raspberry Pi in this NG?
>>
>>
>>
> Mary had a tin cow.
> She milked it with a spanner.
> The milk came out in shilling tins
> And small ones, for a tanner.
>
> Now translate that into decimal currency using a Pi.
>
>
Mary had a little dress
'Twas split right up the side
And every time she wore that dress
The men could see her thigh.
Mary had another dress
'Twas split right up the front ...
... she didn't wear that one very often
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