Mundane News

[PeteXXX]

After all I've changed the washer jets on daughter's car, this morning, I have to ride around Pitsford Res and buy myself an ice cream 🍦

 

[Illaveago]

Morning.
The sky this morning looked as though there was one of those wild fires nearby . It was just the sun shining through the grey cloud making the sky look red . It has all gone grey . The weather girl was very optimistic saying that there will be bright sunshine later .

 

[Illaveago]

Kevin Bacon hasn't half changed! He was on Good Morning Britain this morning. He's also changed his name to Richard !

 

[Illaveago]

All aches and pains this morning . Not used to standing around for hours . We had a good time , made a bit of money for the museum and made people aware of it's existence. There were a lot of friendly people there , visitors and people showing their vehicles . The show was organised by the Lions Club so hopefully they should have raised some money.
I saw a new Ferrari Roma and the owner was very willing to show people inside it and talk about it , likewise a chap with a twin cam Mini with BMW head was very forthcoming in the details of it. I also saw a Hillman Avenger Tiger, haven't seen one of those for donkey's years.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Kevin Bacon hasn't half changed! He was on Good Morning Britain this morning. He's also changed his name to Richard !

I prefer not to give my breakfast names.

 

[classic33]

It took 36 minutes to get to work today.

You sugared yer tea twice, again?

 

[woodbutchmaster]

Miles, can't be doing all those kilometre minus a third thing.😁

So the Irish mile is longer than the so called British mile by about 1400 ft. and l thought that was odd enough that is until l tried cooking something from an American recipe the "measurements and quantities" were in CUPS or fractions thereof. Give me strength, what kind of education system is operating in the USA

 

[woodbutchmaster]

Oh and by the way the British mile ain't really British after all ....it was calibrated by those pesky Romans .
It originated from the Roman mille passus, or “thousand paces,” which measured 5,000 Roman feet. About the year 1500 the “old London” mile was defined as eight furlongs. At that time the furlong, measured by a larger northern (German) foot, was 625 feet, and thus the mile equaled 5,000 feet. So even your much loved mile is European

 

[oldwheels]

Foggy morning but sun is breaking through. Forecast to be hot the next few days but after my mainland excursion on quiet roads I cannot be bothered going out and fighting the tourist traffic.
Scottish schools are back but hopefully the roads may quieten down a bit when the English ones start again.
On the other hand being a born pessimist there will probably be loads of ancient dodderers driving their tanks around. Not sure how some of them navigate as they can barely see under the steering wheels and over the car bonnets.
Bread is rising and soup ready to go. I got some carrots and they will not keep nowadays so I convert them into one component of soup for the freezer.

 

[oldwheels]

Oh and by the way the British mile ain't really British after all ....it was calibrated by those pesky Romans .
It originated from the Roman mille passus, or “thousand paces,” which measured 5,000 Roman feet. About the year 1500 the “old London” mile was defined as eight furlongs. At that time the furlong, measured by a larger northern (German) foot, was 625 feet, and thus the mile equaled 5,000 feet. So even your much loved mile is European

There are also Scottish miles which are about 200 yards longer than English miles.

 

[Illaveago]

There are also Scottish miles which are about 200 yards longer than English miles.

Why not go a few more and round it up to 2000yds ?

 

[woodbutchmaster]

There are also Scottish miles which are about 200 yards longer than English miles.

All of which goes to show that like it or not, our histories are interrelated and there is no such "animal" as a pure bred , unsullied by "foreigners" British mile .

 

[classic33]

Oh and by the way the British mile ain't really British after all ....it was calibrated by those pesky Romans .
It originated from the Roman mille passus, or “thousand paces,” which measured 5,000 Roman feet. About the year 1500 the “old London” mile was defined as eight furlongs. At that time the furlong, measured by a larger northern (German) foot, was 625 feet, and thus the mile equaled 5,000 feet. So even your much loved mile is European

The romans drew upon Egyptian and Greek measurements for their system. Means that the mile is part African.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Oh and by the way the British mile ain't really British after all ....it was calibrated by those pesky Romans .
It originated from the Roman mille passus, or “thousand paces,” which measured 5,000 Roman feet. About the year 1500 the “old London” mile was defined as eight furlongs. At that time the furlong, measured by a larger northern (German) foot, was 625 feet, and thus the mile equaled 5,000 feet. So even your much loved mile is European

There are also Scottish miles which are about 200 yards longer than English miles.

Why not go a few more and round it up to 2000yds ?

All of which goes to show that like it or not, our histories are interrelated and there is no such "animal" as a pure bred , unsullied by "foreigners" British mile .

Killer metrics!

 

[classic33]

All of which goes to show that like it or not, our histories are interrelated and there is no such "animal" as a pure bred , unsullied by "foreigners" British mile .

Only one country lays claim to "inventing the kilometre" though.