• Wörk@lemmy.world
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    Don’t forget to give your weight in stones and a horses height in hands…

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      And the size of your land in acres/hectares. And a lot of ingredients in cups (which has never been a set amount in the UK since its beginning). And distance sometimes in yards

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        20 hours ago

        If you are nobility perhaps, I only have 37 miliacres if you combine the house as well as the garden.

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          23 hours ago

          Don’t forget to thumb your nose at the Americans for using these systems you made up in almost the same way you guys do, just a different mixture.

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        22 hours ago

        At least area in acres does avoid the issue of 10 square unit. Does that a 10 by 10 square or a square with a Total area of 10?