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From: Lozzo on 27 Jul 2010 09:56
Jirimy wrote:


> Obviously, from the units, 1 whale = (sqrt(1 Wales).x)^3
>
> (where x is quite small)

<confused>

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From: J�r�my on 27 Jul 2010 10:37
"Lozzo" <lozzo(a)lozzo.org.uk> wrote in news:8b86rnFo0tU1
@mid.individual.net:

> Jirimy wrote:
>
>> Obviously, from the units, 1 whale = (sqrt(1 Wales).x)^3
>>
>> (where x is quite small)
>
> <confused>

Wales is an area, while a whale is a volume. The square root of Wales
will give a distance, which you correct by x and cube to get one whale.
It only remains to determine x by measurement.

Unless a whale is a weight, of course. In which case the equivalence
could be stated in more comprehensible terms as a number (y) of bricks
per tennis court, but again you'd have to determine y by measurement. I
expect you could get a fair approximation from information on Wikipedia,
but I CBA.

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From: darsy on 27 Jul 2010 10:47
On Jul 27, 11:27 am, Catman <cat...(a)rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> wrote:
> CT wrote:
> > Catman wrote:
>
> >> Simon Wilson wrote:
> >>> One and a half double deckers.
> >> My god! That's nearly half a standard whale.
>
> > Oh, so now we use multiples of the size of whales, as opposed to the
> > size of Wales, do we?
>
> Either are acceptable. There may be a small prize for someone that can
> detail the conversion process.

not quite what you're after, but useful nonetheless:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/24/vulture_central_standards/

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From: Catman on 27 Jul 2010 11:03
J�r�my wrote:
> Catman <catman(a)rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> wrote in news:i2mcbf$o8n$2
> @news.eternal-september.org:
>
>> CT wrote:
>>> Catman wrote:
>>>
>>>> Simon Wilson wrote:
>>>>> One and a half double deckers.
>>>> My god! That's nearly half a standard whale.
>>> Oh, so now we use multiples of the size of whales, as opposed to the
>>> size of Wales, do we?
>>>
>> Either are acceptable. There may be a small prize for someone that can
>> detail the conversion process.
>
> Obviously, from the units, 1 whale = (sqrt(1 Wales).x)^3
>
> (where x is quite small)
>

Your Werther's Original, sir.

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From: Catman on 27 Jul 2010 12:21
darsy wrote:
> On Jul 27, 11:27 am, Catman <cat...(a)rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> wrote:
>> CT wrote:
>>> Catman wrote:
>>>> Simon Wilson wrote:
>>>>> One and a half double deckers.
>>>> My god! That's nearly half a standard whale.
>>> Oh, so now we use multiples of the size of whales, as opposed to the
>>> size of Wales, do we?
>> Either are acceptable. There may be a small prize for someone that can
>> detail the conversion process.
>
> not quite what you're after, but useful nonetheless:
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/24/vulture_central_standards/
>


Oh yes:

The eruption of Vesuvius took out an area of 13 milliWales, although the
effects of the blast were felt up to a thousand brontosauruses away.
Survivors reported rocks and pumice the size of Bulgarian airbags
falling from the sky for three days before the tragedy, and experts have
calculated the total debris would fill around 120,000 Olympic-sized
swimming pools.


Thanks.


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