Testify, brother!
To be fair, given people in general, that’s a pretty safe assumption.
No, no, no, it needs to be a metric measurement.
So 87.9 gigasmoots.
Probably inspired by Douglas Adams.
And for approximations of “the world” meaning “just the US”. In the UK, a pint of clear water weighs a pound and a quarter.
<Spider Robinson> What’s Yaws? </Spider Robinson>
You’ve got me there. I entirely forgot that there’s more than one size of pint.
Depends. Are you using troy ounces to convert?
That makes sense. Thanks. Port and starboard are a 2-D thing. While aviation (except for really old video games) only comes in 3-D.
I kneecapped myself by initially only thinking of commercial aviation which is never supposed to be upside-down,* while other aircraft roll around as part of a normal day at the office.
*But ya never know. I’m sure it wouldn’t take long to learn from Uncle Google about wacky inverted airliner antics.
I didn’t actually intend that to e taken seriously. From the pilot’s perspective, the port wing is still the port wing and the starboard wing is still the starboard wing, no matter how sick and terrified the folks are back in steerage.
I don’t know why aviators don’t use post and starboard. Probably too many Air Force pilots were allowed to vote.
“Why, thanks! I’ll have a beer.”
You’re welcome. I can’t ever pass up a good straight line.
What an image. I’ll take Flights You Do Not Want To Be On for $1,000, Alex.
I’m using avoirdupois meters.
Heh, that brings back memories. My dad and I did a spin like that (intentionally) once in our old Fairchild PT-26. That was a hell of an adventure. What a ride it was!!
Starboard comes from:
Planes don’t require paddles over the right side, hence right and left.
Other than that, I got nothing.
In my time in the submarine service, it was quite rare for us to stick a paddle over the side
I’m sure it was true of Anglo-Saxon submarines.
I believe it all stems from there’s 16 oz in a pound and 16 fluid ounces in a pint (standard for liquid measurement, especially in household uses), as opposed to meaning 16 fluid ounces of … whatever weighs one pound.
It used to be a 16 oz. of water that weighed a pound but then someone changed it without telling me. Don’t know where they got a 20 oz. pint from but I’m guessing it was related to that stuff they drink that is similar to warm beer.
I belong to a brewery mug club. My pint is 20 ounces. I also can drink Saturday new releases on Friday night!
But how many pounds does it cost?
Just under a mile