Thread: V8Ian, and others.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

IIRC, roods were a measurement of area, 40 perches/¼ acre. A rod was a tenth of a chain and a link was a tenth of rod.
Do you remember when all that was printed on the back of exercise books, along with the aviordepois weights?

7.92 inches in a link (Gunters Chain)
.......and who could forget forget these little gems of area measurement:


An oxgang was a viking measure used in the Domesday Book, and was the area of land that an ox could plough in one season. Since oxen were usually used in teams of eight, the area that eight oxen could plough was called a bovate, or carucate. So an oxgang was about 15 acres, and a bovate was 100-120. Just to make it more awkward, parts of England not under Danelaw used the virgate, which was twice the size of an oxgang (because you used two oxen instead of one), and a carucate was then known as a Hide.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

For a while I've been considering posting that the fridges here, have a particularly good sense of humour.

I think that comes from all those years of sniffing Freon,or whatever they call it today.

In Des's day i think it was called methyl chloride or Sulphur dioxide.....

Originally Posted by scarry

I think that comes from all those years of sniffing Freon,or whatever they call it today.

In Des's day i think it was called methyl chloride or Sulphur dioxide.....

The first ex always knew when I'd had a lung full of R22.
She said there was a subtle but distinct personality change

And having to have good humour to weather the crazy after hours callouts!

Dear old dad kept a bottle each of methyl chloride and SO2 so us younguns could get a little whiff and know what it it was to run the hell away!

Neither are good for you.

Originally Posted by Tins

Well, given the photo you once sent me, you're about the size of a Hobbit. Of course you could stand up. What's special about that? Besides, when I stopped I just wanted to sleep. Dunno about you, but I don't usually sleep standing up.

How many bunks in your boat, JT?
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Originally Posted by Saitch

How many bunks in your boat, JT?
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I have four Land Rovers. Who can afford a boat?

Originally Posted by Saitch

How many bunks in your boat, JT?
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The rest of it's underneath, on a chain.

i had a HSV,and a 6M 'Fraser" half cabin,with a 200 Yamaha.The boat was fun while we had it,did more waterskiing than fishing.

Sold them both and got a D2.

Seems the D2 became more of a money pit than the other two added together

Bloody smart,weren't we

Originally Posted by scarry

Bloody smart,weren't we

D2s are fun, even to look at, something I do most days...