On 03/05/2004, at 2:29 PM, John Wheeler wrote:
> Now, I've always guessed the weight of anything in comparison to that
> of the
> Lee Enfield .303 service rifle I carried through the six months of
> National
> Service in the early fifties. It was from memory about eleven pounds.
Loaded or unloaded? :)
That's about 2.5 bricks.
The advantage of the red brick is that it's a convenient measure of
weight AND dimension AND work rate.
(4kg. 1 brick long = 225mm (9") 1 high = 75mm. 1 deep = 100mm. A good
days work = 4-600 bricks).
And that's proper red bricks.
AndrewF
http://www.pbase.com/afildes
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