From: T i m on 19 Mar 2010 16:41 On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:52:00 +0100, nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) wrote: >Yet my tires have Max. Press. in kPA on them nowadays. >(about 300 of them, iirc) > Do you run a fleet of these by any chance Jan? http://www.fallingpixel.com/products/3208/mains/Appliance%201.jpg Cheers, T i m
From: Phil Taylor on 19 Mar 2010 16:42 In article <190320102024109063%nospam(a)yrl.co.uk>, Elliott Roper <nospam(a)yrl.co.uk> wrote: > > [1] I'm the only person (that I know of) that ever found a use for the > > ato- prefix. I once developed an assay for serotonin whose sensitivity > > was measured in atomoles. I notice that the spelling chucker on this > > newsreader doesn't like the word atomole:-) > > I'm not surprised by that. Everyone else spells it 'atto' > Attoboy! Heh! Well, it was a long time ago. Shows how often I've had to write it since:-) Phil Taylor
From: T i m on 19 Mar 2010 17:02 On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:48:15 +0000, Phil Taylor <nothere(a)all.invalid> wrote: <snip> > Last year >I built a boat, using Lloyds-certified marine plywood. That sounds interesting. What did you build may I ask? > Sizes of >plywood sheets are quoted in mm - lots of mm long and wide and 6mm or >3mm thick, but it turned out that those measurements were only nominal >- actually the sheets were exactly 8' x 4' x 1/4" or 1/8". Yup, the Percy Blandford 'pram' I built when at school was 6' long (not 1828mm). ;-) Cheers, T i m
From: Peter Ceresole on 19 Mar 2010 18:08 T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > >Yet my tires have Max. Press. in kPA on them nowadays. > >(about 300 of them, iirc) > > > Do you run a fleet of these by any chance Jan? > > http://www.fallingpixel.com/products/3208/mains/Appliance%201.jpg Good heavens no. How lumpen. JJ rents out a better class of car. <www.starcarhire.co.uk/movie_tv_fab1.htm> -- Peter
From: Phil Taylor on 19 Mar 2010 20:13
In article <goo7q59e4fmf43favis3cmnliaqn0j8k2q(a)4ax.com>, T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:48:15 +0000, Phil Taylor <nothere(a)all.invalid> > wrote: > > <snip> > > Last year > >I built a boat, using Lloyds-certified marine plywood. > > That sounds interesting. What did you build may I ask? Just a two-man kayak, but I never built a boat before, and it was fun. Picture here: <http://www.barfly.dial.pipex.com/Widget.jpg> Phil Taylor |