That was good, Larry. :-)
Chuck Nrocutt
Lawrence Woods wrote:
>> "Fortnight". Isn't that one of those weird, funny Brit words that
>> we 'Murcans stopped using so we didn't sound so uppity?
>
> I think it fell out of use here because it was only found in Agatha
> Christie novels, and nobody remembered the conversion tables.
>
> If I remember my conversion tables correctly, 1 fortnight plus six
> farthings divided by 2 Imperial pints equals 6 troy ounces. We'll
> just have to weight for Andrew to get back to the list.
>
> Sorry.
>
> ----- Larry Woods lmwoods@xxxxxxx
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