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kelli - ran 2 miles a day for 2012, aiming for the same for 2013 Posted May 29, 2003
Ah. Our chalks were coloured, and it is easier to say chalks than 'pieces of chalk' all the time 
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kelli - ran 2 miles a day for 2012, aiming for the same for 2013 Posted May 29, 2003
Especially as we'd have had 'boxes of pieces of chalk'.
'Chalks' is much better... 
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Bagpuss Posted May 29, 2003
"Boxes of chalk" still works. It's like cheese, I have a cheese sandwich, not a slices of cheese sandwich.
to you too.
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Shea the Sarcastic Posted May 29, 2003
TJ's a Buckeye, because Ohio is called "The Buckeye State" and that's where he's from! And he went to Ohio State University, where the sports teams are called "The Ohio State Buckeyes", so he's *really* a Buckeye!
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Jon Quixote: steaming little purple buns for tea. Posted May 30, 2003
Sadly we don't have a Buckeye state, or even a Conker County.
If we did and it was Hampshire, I'd be a Conker.
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Jon Quixote: steaming little purple buns for tea. Posted Jun 16, 2003
UK:Whisky
US:Whiskey.
Probably had that one.
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Bagpuss Posted Jun 17, 2003
Not true, though, sorry. Sure, Americans make whiskey, but so do the Irish. Whisky is specifically Scottish (or rather, Scotch).
Mmmmmm, whisky...
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Jon Quixote: steaming little purple buns for tea. Posted Jun 18, 2003
Ah, but southern ireland isn't UK.
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Bagpuss Posted Jun 19, 2003
Yes, but to me the distinction depends on the provenance of the drink, not of the speaker.
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Jon Quixote: steaming little purple buns for tea. Posted Jun 20, 2003
Okay
US/Ireland: Whiskey
Scotland: Whisky.
UK: 1 gallon = 4.546 litres
US: 1 gallon = 3.785 litres.
I think I've done this one:
UK: 1 ton = 1016 kg
US: 1 ton = 907.19 kg.
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broelan Posted Jun 24, 2003
i wonder why that is... that the measurements are so different. is that only true for measuring quantity or weight? what about distance?
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Bagpuss Posted Jun 24, 2003
No, miles are miles. The gallons thing is basically because a US pint is 16 fl. oz. instead of 20. In both systems a gallon is eight pints. I think the US ton is what the British sometimes call a short ton. Americans don't know what a stone is, either (14 lbs, by the way).
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broelan Posted Jun 24, 2003
stone... yeah, that's that rock-type projectile that when thrown correctly will 'skip' across the surface of a lake 
actually, i knew the equivelent of stone, i learned it on h2g2 unfortunately at the same time i learned how many stone i weigh 
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broelan Posted Jun 24, 2003
oh yeah, and if a skipping stone weighed 14 lbs it wouldn't skip anywhere.
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Jon Quixote: steaming little purple buns for tea. Posted Jul 26, 2003
What's a skipping stone? Is that the same as a skimming stone?
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Jon Quixote: steaming little purple buns for tea. Posted Jul 26, 2003
American Miles are slightly shorter aswell, I think.
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Lady Scott Posted Jul 26, 2003
I dunno if they're the same or not. I know what a skipping stone is, but what's a skimming stone?
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