Comments on: The Potrzebie System of Weights and Measures http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/15/the-potrzebie-system-of-weights-and-measures/ The Neat Side of the Web Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:01:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: XuYu http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/15/the-potrzebie-system-of-weights-and-measures/#comment-398124 XuYu Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:12:46 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/15/the-potrzebie-system-of-weights-and-measures/#comment-398124 Your link doesn't work for me. Maybe this one is better? http://www.google.com/search?q=1+potrzebie+in+mm Your link doesn’t work for me. Maybe this one is better?

http://www.google.com/search?q=1+potrzebie+in+mm

]]> By: Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/15/the-potrzebie-system-of-weights-and-measures/#comment-396023 Alex Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:12:46 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/15/the-potrzebie-system-of-weights-and-measures/#comment-396023 halavah - as everybody knows - is "a form of pie [with] a specific gravity of 3.1416 and a specific heat of .31416" halavah - as everybody knows - is “a form of pie [with] a specific gravity of 3.1416 and a specific heat of .31416″

]]> By: aware http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/15/the-potrzebie-system-of-weights-and-measures/#comment-395479 aware Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:35:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/15/the-potrzebie-system-of-weights-and-measures/#comment-395479 farshimmelt (fuhr SHIM mlt) is Yiddish for moldy/molded. like in German: verschimmelt. i wonder what the other words mean. halavah might be "helluva/hell of a"... farshimmelt (fuhr SHIM mlt) is Yiddish for moldy/molded. like in German: verschimmelt.

i wonder what the other words mean. halavah might be “helluva/hell of a”…

]]> By: Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/15/the-potrzebie-system-of-weights-and-measures/#comment-395292 Alex Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:25:25 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/15/the-potrzebie-system-of-weights-and-measures/#comment-395292 Thanks Sid - I've fixed this life-stopping error! :) Thanks Sid - I’ve fixed this life-stopping error! :)

]]> By: skoteina http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/15/the-potrzebie-system-of-weights-and-measures/#comment-395279 skoteina Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:17:12 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/15/the-potrzebie-system-of-weights-and-measures/#comment-395279 i remember reading the original in MAD back in the '50s. my dad, a physicist at NACA (the pre-sputnik precursor to NASA), examined it and proclaimed it sound and consistent. viva potrzebie! i remember reading the original in MAD back in the ’50s. my dad, a physicist at NACA (the pre-sputnik precursor to NASA), examined it and proclaimed it sound and consistent. viva potrzebie!

]]> By: badiuk http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/15/the-potrzebie-system-of-weights-and-measures/#comment-394809 badiuk Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:53:24 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/15/the-potrzebie-system-of-weights-and-measures/#comment-394809 Nie od dzi? wiadomo ?e w Polsce ka?dy jest w 'potrzebie' ;))) Nie od dzi? wiadomo ?e w Polsce ka?dy jest w ‘potrzebie’ ;)))

]]> By: Sid Morrison http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/15/the-potrzebie-system-of-weights-and-measures/#comment-394529 Sid Morrison Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:40:14 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/15/the-potrzebie-system-of-weights-and-measures/#comment-394529 You've got a critical typo here -- the most significant digit (the leftmost 2) in the unit conversion was left off. It should read "1 potrzebie = 2.263348517438173216473 mm", not 263348517438173216473 mm. Life can now resume. You’ve got a critical typo here — the most significant digit (the leftmost 2) in the unit conversion was left off. It should read “1 potrzebie = 2.263348517438173216473 mm”, not 263348517438173216473 mm.

Life can now resume.

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