[TheForge] Fw: Ancient metallurgy - US Bicentennial Bloom - OT more than usual

[Steve Smith]

>>*>BTW, you'd think that here in Canada where we still have a 
>>*>Queen and a Governor General [1] that the old British 
>>*>traditional usage would be standard.  But, although cartons 
>>*>of common nails come marked "10d", "20d" etc. (along with 
>>*>length & type), I have yet to meet a carpenter that knows 
>>*>what 10d  means.  They refer to nails by length: 2" common, 
>>*>2-1/2" galvanized and so on and look blank if you ask for 
>>*>"10 penny nails". 
>>*>
>>*>- Mike
>>*>
>>*>[1] It is politically incorrect to refer to her as the 
>>*>Governess General. :-)
>>*>
>>*>-- 
>>*>Michael Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada       .~. 
>>*>                                                           /V\ 
>>*>mspencer at tallships.ca                                     /( )\
>>*>http://home.tallships.ca/mspencer/                        ^^-^^

A friend of mine, who by chance happens to be named Mike, was at the 
time a captain (I think) in the Air Force. He was with his commanding 
officer and a couple of others spending some time off walking in a good 
sized Canadian city. They stopped in a square and were leaning up 
against a statue; Mike says "So who's the dead guy on the horse?". His 
commanding officer, who happened to be female, said "That's the Queen, 
and she's not dead yet".


Steve