Subdeacon Joe Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Firkin per fortnight: almost exactly a six-pack a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Good to know if ever I visit jolly olde England, especially if it's somewhere around 400 years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacker, SASS #55963 Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Firkin per fortnight: almost exactly a six-pack a day. To be picky just a bit. It is not necessarily a volume, "firkin" may be. The measure you used "firkin per fortnight" is a rate of flow .... volume per timeperiod, you know gallons per hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted November 23, 2012 Author Share Posted November 23, 2012 To be picky just a bit. It is not necessarily a volume, "firkin" may be. The measure you used "firkin per fortnight" is a rate of flow .... volume per timeperiod, you know gallons per hour. To quote the great statesman, Pat Paulsen, "Picky, picky, picky!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Help Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Joe your a wealth of worthless knowledge!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kajun Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 I always liked arpents per fortnight squared! It's a distance per time standard and used to measure government progress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted November 24, 2012 Author Share Posted November 24, 2012 Joe your a wealth of worthless knowledge!!!! Why, thank you, sir! (doffs hat and bows) You're too kind. (and you should have written "You're a wealth..." ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 I always liked arpents per fortnight squared! It's a distance per time standard and used to measure government progress Try Russian arshins. Seems to get a more harmonious outcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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