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Re: Questions & Questions

Postby coracle » Sep 07, 2019 12:07 pm

What kind of metric measurements would these be?
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Re: Questions & Questions

Postby Wunderkind_Lucy » Sep 07, 2019 1:31 pm

Were there more than one kind of metric measurement?

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Re: Questions & Questions

Postby waggawerewolf27 » Sep 08, 2019 5:22 am

Have you ever heard of such measurements, metric or not, as: "As the Crow flies", or place names such as Woop Woop, At the back o'Bourke, or Somewhere in the Sticks?
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Re: Questions & Questions

Postby Wunderkind_Lucy » Sep 08, 2019 9:45 am

Aren't those types of measures rather ambiguous? :-? ;))

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Re: Questions & Questions

Postby waggawerewolf27 » Sep 08, 2019 6:15 pm

Wasn't it usual for those cooking dinner to use such measurements as a cup of this, a pinch of that, a tad of the other & a skerrick of the whatever?
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Re: Questions & Questions

Postby Wunderkind_Lucy » Sep 08, 2019 7:58 pm

Is there an infographic that explains these cooking measurements?

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Re: Questions & Questions

Postby waggawerewolf27 » Sep 08, 2019 11:29 pm

Would the people who used such measurements actually know what an "infographic" is?
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Re: Questions & Questions

Postby Ryadian » Sep 10, 2019 1:10 pm

How would we find out?
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Re: Questions & Questions

Postby waggawerewolf27 » Sep 10, 2019 1:53 pm

Did anyone try asking a librarian? :-\
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Re: Questions & Questions

Postby Cleander » Sep 13, 2019 12:44 pm

Would the librarian have access to that sort of information?
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Re: Questions & Questions

Postby waggawerewolf27 » Sep 13, 2019 2:45 pm

Don't most librarians who work in libraries have access to dictionaries, encyclopedias & the like?
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Re: Questions & Questions

Postby Wunderkind_Lucy » Sep 15, 2019 7:03 pm

Would the library have access to the latest reference materials?

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Re: Questions & Questions

Postby waggawerewolf27 » Sep 16, 2019 4:10 am

Wouldn't that depend on how much money the chief librarian is permitted to spend, to run the library, by its governing organisation?
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Re: Questions & Questions

Postby coracle » Sep 16, 2019 10:39 am

Who is likely to be the governing organisation of a library?
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Re: Questions & Questions

Postby waggawerewolf27 » Sep 16, 2019 7:39 pm

Aren't there specialist libraries for various organisations, other than university, school & college libraries, or state & council libraries?
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Re: Questions & Questions

Postby Wunderkind_Lucy » Sep 18, 2019 8:03 pm

Does the average person have access to those kinds of special libraries?

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