In bed, aged 99, shot by a jealous husband

[threemonkeys]

I'm conscious that I have not posted anything for a few days. But really, descriptions of sanding, cleaning, sealing and painting are, if anything, even less interesting than watching the paint dry. I can however report that if you get silicone sealant on your hands and you clean them as recommended using terps, they end up with a very strange dry slippery smooth feeling. Great for rubbing together and laughing maniacally.

I haven't even been reading much. To entertain myself I have been re-watching QI. You do learn some quite interesting stuff. For example the fatal dose of chocolate is about 22 pounds* (10 Kg). I suspect this is related to the fatal dose of caffeine but that varies a lot depending on the individual. Still, it does give me an answer should I ever play that old game of "how would you like to die".


*I originally wrote the "lb" abbreviation for pounds and then wondered, how many people reading this even remember such things.

Comments

[threemonkeys.livejournal.com]

Oh but I did. The introduction of the metric measurement system here didn't really start until the earyy '70s I think. Certainly enough for us to learn it at primary school and to learn how many rods, poles or perches are in an acre etc.

I should add that I enjoyed doing weight or currency calculations in those old measurements. I liked the extra challenge. And you think you are sad spending a week tweaking a unix system.

[lauriefleming.livejournal.com]

And don't forget counting furlongs per fortnight. That's a real killer. 60 km/h = 100,214.7 furlongs per fortnight.

I bet you didn't know that. But you could work it out.

I'm just old enough (as you are, natch!) to remember calculating in lsd. Under lsd is a different matter entirely (I was, and remain I think, too young), but working in three different number bases simultaneously is not something that is easy for an eight-year-old. Good practice, though. And I'm so grateful for my headmaster in primary school (in 1970) for teaching us the 16-times table.