Weird Measurements
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🗓️ 18 October 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
An unusual unit of measurement is a unit of measurement that does not form part of a coherent system of measurement, especially because its exact quantity may not be well known or because it may be an inconvenient multiple or fraction of a base unit.
Many of the unusual units of measurements listed here are colloquial measurements, units devised to compare a measurement to common and familiar objects.
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| 0:00.0 | I don't know what that means. |
| 0:01.3 | Dude, just get here. |
| 0:02.9 | Hey, see, so where's everybody? |
| 0:04.2 | No, thank goodness. |
| 0:05.7 | So Eli texted everyone early this week |
| 0:09.1 | that in honor of your essay about weird measurements, |
| 0:11.6 | we should all use them to get here. |
| 0:13.4 | Oh, that's actually pretty fun, right? |
| 0:15.5 | Like, so they can't, they're using nautical miles |
| 0:18.1 | and stuff to get here. |
| 0:19.7 | No, I wish. |
| 0:20.9 | That's how her Tom was gonna be here |
| 0:23.2 | in a New York second and Eli was a micro light year away. |
| 0:27.6 | Oh, what about Heath? |
| 0:29.7 | He's on vacation till a farmer's work is done. |
| 0:32.9 | That's what he said. |
| 0:33.7 | Right, got it. |
| 0:35.0 | So we just hanging out here and wait for him. |
| 0:39.2 | I guess so. |
| 0:40.9 | Okay, yeah, no worries. |
| 0:42.1 | I mean, I know Eli's made a joke before |
| 0:44.0 | that you and I have nothing to talk about, |
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