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Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by thrower123 on Saturday November 17, 2018 @12:58AM (#18474220)
A yard is three feet, or about the length of a man's stride.

A quart is about the maximum amount of whiskey one can drink without dying.

A pint's a pound, the world around.

My favorite is the cord, which is 128 cubic feet, or more often a stack of firewood 4 feet tall by four feet wide by eight feet long.

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Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by andrewaylett on Saturday November 17, 2018 @09:02AM (#18475553)
A pint is a pound so long as you're in the US. Everywhere else, it's 20 fl.oz, while a pound is 16 oz.
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Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by njarboe on Saturday November 17, 2018 @02:51PM (#18477039)
The cord is also the size of the standard US pickup truck bed with the wood stacked up about cab height.
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Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by jlcummings on Saturday November 17, 2018 @05:17AM (#18474860)
A yard is not just a measure of length, but of volume and in a manner, constitution if you will, as it is also 2 1/2 pints[1], good sir or ma'am. Oy!

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yard_of_ale

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Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by PhasmaFelis on Saturday November 17, 2018 @02:01PM (#18476842)
Between that and the GP, we could establish a conversion between yards and quarts.
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