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-september.
org, (Recliner) wrote:

Roland Perry wrote:
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rg, at 03:32:56 on Tue, 9 Dec 2014, Recliner
remarked:
From ITV:

http://www.itv.com/news/2014-12-08/d...assive-scale-o
f-londons-crossrail-tunnels/

They are so big you could fit a train in them. Oh, wait...

By the industry standard unit of measure, shouldn't that be, "you could
drive a London double-decker bus through those"?

And I wonder if you could?

How do they compare with the size of Wales?

--
Colin Rosenstiel

wrote:
In article
-september.
, (Recliner) wrote:

Roland Perry wrote:
In message


, at 03:32:56 on Tue, 9 Dec 2014, Recliner
remarked:
From ITV:

http://www.itv.com/news/2014-12-08/d...assive-scale-o
f-londons-crossrail-tunnels/

They are so big you could fit a train in them. Oh, wait...

By the industry standard unit of measure, shouldn't that be, "you could
drive a London double-decker bus through those"?

And I wonder if you could?

How do they compare with the size of Wales?

Wales is the standard unit of measurement for large areas, such as rain
forests or provinces (football fields and tennis courts are used for
smaller areas). London buses are the standard unit for height (for much
smaller objects, human hairs are the unit). And, of course, Olympic-sized
swimming pools are used for volume comparisons.

In message , at 04:28:33
on Tue, 9 Dec 2014, remarked:

By the industry standard unit of measure, shouldn't that be, "you could
drive a London double-decker bus through those"?

And I wonder if you could?

How do they compare with the size of Wales?

And how many Olympic Swimming Pools of water would it take to fill them
all up?
--
Roland Perry

On 09/12/2014 10:51, Recliner wrote:
wrote:
In article
-september.
, (Recliner) wrote:

Roland Perry wrote:
In message


, at 03:32:56 on Tue, 9 Dec 2014, Recliner
remarked:
From ITV:

http://www.itv.com/news/2014-12-08/d...assive-scale-o
f-londons-crossrail-tunnels/

They are so big you could fit a train in them. Oh, wait...

By the industry standard unit of measure, shouldn't that be, "you could
drive a London double-decker bus through those"?

And I wonder if you could?

How do they compare with the size of Wales?

Wales is the standard unit of measurement for large areas, such as rain
forests or provinces (football fields and tennis courts are used for
smaller areas). London buses are the standard unit for height (for much
smaller objects, human hairs are the unit).

Nelson's Column is used for bigger sizes

And, of course, Olympic-sized
swimming pools are used for volume comparisons.


Elephants are used for both weight and volume.

--
Graeme Wall
This account not read, substitute trains for rail.
Railway Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail

Graeme Wall wrote:

On 09/12/2014 10:51, Recliner wrote:
wrote:
In article
-september.
, (Recliner) wrote:

Roland Perry wrote:
In message


, at 03:32:56 on Tue, 9 Dec 2014, Recliner
remarked:
From ITV:

http://www.itv.com/news/2014-12-08/d...assive-scale-o
f-londons-crossrail-tunnels/

They are so big you could fit a train in them. Oh, wait...

By the industry standard unit of measure, shouldn't that be, "you could
drive a London double-decker bus through those"?

And I wonder if you could?

How do they compare with the size of Wales?

Wales is the standard unit of measurement for large areas, such as rain
forests or provinces (football fields and tennis courts are used for
smaller areas). London buses are the standard unit for height (for much
smaller objects, human hairs are the unit).

Nelson's Column is used for bigger sizes

And, of course, Olympic-sized
swimming pools are used for volume comparisons.

Elephants are used for both weight and volume.

And don't forget that if you actually use numbers, select units
to make them as large as possible, like the (quite interesting)
programme about clearing Camp Bastion, where they sold off
"2,500,000 kg" of scrap.

Chris
--
Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


Plant amazing Acers.

On 2014\12\09 10:51, Recliner wrote:
wrote:

How do they compare with the size of Wales?

Wales is the standard unit of measurement for large areas, such as rain
forests or provinces (football fields and tennis courts are used for
smaller areas). London buses are the standard unit for height (for much
smaller objects, human hairs are the unit). And, of course, Olympic-sized
swimming pools are used for volume comparisons.


Have newscasters ever said "Storm-force winds lashed Wales last night,
affecting an area the size of Wales"?

In article ,
wrote:

On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:02:14 +0000, Graeme Wall
wrote:

They are so big you could fit a train in them. Oh, wait...

By the industry standard unit of measure, shouldn't that be, "you could
drive a London double-decker bus through those"?

And I wonder if you could?

How do they compare with the size of Wales?

Wales is the standard unit of measurement for large areas, such as rain
forests or provinces (football fields and tennis courts are used for
smaller areas). London buses are the standard unit for height (for much
smaller objects, human hairs are the unit).

Nelson's Column is used for bigger sizes

And, of course, Olympic-sized
swimming pools are used for volume comparisons.




Elephants are used for both weight and volume.

St Paul's Cathedral seems to be both a height and a volume
measurement.
How many Elephants do we need before we change to Albert Halls.

"To turn a mile into anything else, it first needs to be converted into
linguine".

http://www.theregister.co.uk/Design/page/reg-standards-converter.html

Sam

--
The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

On 09/12/2014 14:27, wrote:
On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:02:14 +0000, Graeme Wall
wrote:

They are so big you could fit a train in them. Oh, wait...

By the industry standard unit of measure, shouldn't that be, "you could
drive a London double-decker bus through those"?

And I wonder if you could?

How do they compare with the size of Wales?

Wales is the standard unit of measurement for large areas, such as rain
forests or provinces (football fields and tennis courts are used for
smaller areas). London buses are the standard unit for height (for much
smaller objects, human hairs are the unit).

Nelson's Column is used for bigger sizes

And, of course, Olympic-sized
swimming pools are used for volume comparisons.




Elephants are used for both weight and volume.

St Paul's Cathedral seems to be both a height and a volume
measurement.
How many Elephants do we need before we change to Albert Halls.


Via blue whales.


--
Graeme Wall
This account not read, substitute trains for rail.
Railway Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail

On 09/12/2014 15:00, Sam Wilson wrote:
In article ,
wrote:

On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:02:14 +0000, Graeme Wall
wrote:

They are so big you could fit a train in them. Oh, wait...

By the industry standard unit of measure, shouldn't that be, "you could
drive a London double-decker bus through those"?

And I wonder if you could?

How do they compare with the size of Wales?

Wales is the standard unit of measurement for large areas, such as rain
forests or provinces (football fields and tennis courts are used for
smaller areas). London buses are the standard unit for height (for much
smaller objects, human hairs are the unit).

Nelson's Column is used for bigger sizes

And, of course, Olympic-sized
swimming pools are used for volume comparisons.




Elephants are used for both weight and volume.

St Paul's Cathedral seems to be both a height and a volume
measurement.
How many Elephants do we need before we change to Albert Halls.

"To turn a mile into anything else, it first needs to be converted into
linguine".

http://www.theregister.co.uk/Design/page/reg-standards-converter.html


Cunning!


--
Graeme Wall
This account not read, substitute trains for rail.
Railway Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail

Chris J Dixon wrote:

And don't forget that if you actually use numbers, select units
to make them as large as possible, like the (quite interesting)
programme about clearing Camp Bastion, where they sold off
"2,500,000 kg" of scrap.

The kg is the SI base unit of mass, so it's scientifically correct to
express masses in kg...
--
Jeremy Double