22 yards in a chain, 10 chains in a furlong, and 8 furlongs in a mile. That makes 1760 yards in a mile. Easy! (View Post)

If party A have taken actions which you, as a voter, deem intolerable, then it's not logical to vote for party A, as that would indicate toleration of those actions. And if you tolerate that the… (View Post)

That may be so, but, as my weight has changed, I've found that 1 stone, ~6-7 kg, roughly equates to a change in clothing size, making it a practical and useful unit for measuring a person's… (View Post)

What I have concluded is that the imperial system devised a new unit of measurement for every application. So we have the fother, which is the weight of lead that a single man can carry. If you know … (View Post)

I think it was that the Chinese didn't recognise the Treaty for the lease as having any validity, so wouldn't have entertained any negotiation on extending it. (View Post)