On 05/04/17 22:03, Gareth's Downstairs Computer wrote:
> 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
>
Drôle, but not exactly pertinent.

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