Metric vs. other measurement systems - chart

**Toolmaker51** · Apr 25, 2023, 05:25 PM

Mini Countryman? Clubman? Convertible?
All I know, too damn big for my double BBQ.

**Frank S** · Apr 25, 2023, 06:27 PM

Originally Posted by Toolmaker51

Mini Countryman? Clubman? Convertible?
All I know, too damn big for my double BBQ.

But not too big for my freezer

**IntheGroove** · Apr 25, 2023, 06:31 PM

My 1969 Innocenti Mini roughly the size of a cord of wood, 4'x4'x8', 128 cubic feet...

**Toolmaker51** · Apr 25, 2023, 07:10 PM

Originally Posted by Frank S

But not too big for my freezer

When Frank S says 'freezer', he might mean hinged doors, 2 axles, landing gear, fifth wheel, and generator to power the Thermo-King reefer set on high.

**ductape** · Apr 25, 2023, 08:07 PM

A pig that got out is newsworthy to this journalist. It's a good thing that Twitter is there to let them tell the world about it.
Get a bucket and walk it back to the pen before it shadows another Mini Cooper.

**Frank S** · Apr 25, 2023, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by Toolmaker51

When Frank S says 'freezer', he might mean hinged doors, 2 axles, landing gear, fifth wheel, and generator to power the Thermo-King reefer set on high.

The Thermo-king's reefer compressor is powered by its own 4 cylinder Cummins

**Jon** · Apr 26, 2023, 05:02 PM

Note how disparate the comparison is between a hog and a Mini Cooper. They could've just said: "A hog as big as a cow" or "A hog as big as a buffalo". Everyone can picture that. By contrast, here they do compare something to the size of an animal. But it's an asteroid, and it's over 100 times the size of that animal.

**Toolmaker51** · Apr 26, 2023, 05:24 PM

What's equivalence between 112 camels (having never sat on a camel) to X amount of drywall installers on stilts, or perhaps scissor-lift testers?

**ductape** · Apr 26, 2023, 05:40 PM

There are approximately 43 dromedaries per football field. That should help with your calculation.

**Toolmaker51** · Apr 26, 2023, 07:37 PM

Ohhhhh.
That's clear;
"Camel belongs to Kingdom Animalia. The Phylum is Chordata.The Class of the camel is Mammalia. The Order is Artiodactyla. Camel belongs to the family Camelidae. The scientific name of camels is Camelus, as a even-toed ungulate in the genus Camelus bearing distinctive fatty deposits known as "humps" on its back. Camels have long been domesticated." Main difference between dromedaries and bactrian camels is in fact the number of humps.

I thought the scale was based on the label of a variety of products, includes dates, figs, coconut, fruit butters, and tapioca.

Is the field reference for American football, Spanish fútbol, or Gaelic football from Ireland?