[SOC] New Mexican??

[Kevin Rock]

I did ask what the other 24 cubic feet of sand were used for but it seemed 
superfluous so I deleted the comment.  Sorry!
    Kevin.



On Sun, 1 Aug 2004 23:30:41 +0100, Paul Bartlett 
<paul at fulking.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi Kevin,
>
> That was an amusing anecdote...:-)
>
> Sorry if I'm insulting your intelligence but the point of my post was 
> that
> whilst there are three feet in a yard, there are twenty seven cubic feet 
> in
> a cubic yard which is what a yard of sand means in the UK.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul :-)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin Rock" <kevinrock at earthlink.net>
> To: "Second Class Operators' Club" <soc at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 11:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [SOC] New Mexican??
>
>
>> In NM these are called Luminarias.
>> The English translation : Burning bags of sand.
>>
>> When a decent wind came along the bags would blow sideways.  The burning
>> candle placed upon the sand inside would ignite the bag.  With any luck 
>> at
>> all the whole line of luminarias would start burning.  It was quite
>> interesting to see the rings of fire around the tops of the adobe, or 
>> most
>> especially, around the fake adobe houses.  Folks would be running around
>> in the Winter spraying down their houses.
>>
>> The modern equivalents are plastic bags with light bulbs in them.  Not
>> nearly as cool.
>>
>>
>> Kevin.  KD5ONS
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 1 Aug 2004 20:11:39 +0100, Paul Bartlett
>> <paul at fulking.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >> Your Christmas decorations include "a yard of sand and 200 paper 
>> bags".
>> >
>> > Reminds me of a friend who, years ago, was building a small patio 
>> using
>> > concrete slabs. These are usually placed upon a bed of sand over
> prepared
>> > ground.
>> >
>> > He did the sums and figured he needed 3 cubic feet of sand so he 
>> ordered
>> > a
>> > yard.
>> >
>> > Ooops.
>> >
>> > If SOC had been around then, he'd have qualified for automatic
>> > membership.
>> >
>> > Paul ;-)
>> >
>> >
>> >
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