tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post4223390673658939850..comments2024-02-23T13:00:04.071+00:00Comments on Kaliyuga Kronicles: Letter to the TorygraphVicus Scurrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13731007799031343701noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-32373184147710830032008-12-16T12:39:00.000+00:002008-12-16T12:39:00.000+00:00You are so wise Vicus - you must have a brain as b...You are so wise Vicus - you must have a brain as big as a cabbage.KAZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06621294189351906599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-47225758706698918542008-12-16T10:53:00.000+00:002008-12-16T10:53:00.000+00:00I don't really care how big it is, what concerned ...I don't really care how big it is, what concerned me was that the bastard could jump four feet (up to HERE!!) and that it shared its living space with a cyanide spitting pink centipede. You mess around with agent orange at your peril. <BR/>Anyway, that's the Mekong Delta off my travel plans for the foreseeable.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01313387849115278988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-47074262735677236552008-12-16T08:03:00.000+00:002008-12-16T08:03:00.000+00:00I think you secretly edit New Scientist on the sid...I think you secretly edit New Scientist on the side. . .<BR/><BR/>. . .they have a special department devoted to varous periodical's unusual weights and measures comparisons (it's usually buses* and whales and football pitches)(*as <B>Dave</B> points out) so that the general public might understand what they are talking about<BR/><BR/>(and for future reference, you might like to point The Editor of The Torygraph in the direction of the Department of Trade and Industry's National Weights and Measures Laboratory, in Teddington - its senior department officials are undertaking a review to identify areas in the private sector that could supply the services presently provided by NWML. . . you've obviously found one)I, Like The Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423569600315825506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-26991831266612724862008-12-16T07:50:00.000+00:002008-12-16T07:50:00.000+00:00Is the plate-size a measure of the body, or the fu...Is the plate-size a measure of the body, or the full extent of the legs? This is more important.<BR/><BR/>The Times uses the double-decker bus and/or Nelson's Column as standard measurement standards.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403853324345062446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-80696363007803663072008-12-16T07:42:00.000+00:002008-12-16T07:42:00.000+00:00Heffer so slightly.MJ. No, and in your case the sa...Heffer so slightly.<BR/>MJ. No, and in your case the same is obviously true of quality.<BR/>Donn. How many days do you have in a year in Canada? Or does it just seem like it?<BR/>Q. I value your support. Does Zoe know that you are out?Vicus Scurrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731007799031343701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-10000014133163200752008-12-16T07:00:00.000+00:002008-12-16T07:00:00.000+00:00Quite right. It is a nonsense that we have no prop...Quite right. It is a nonsense that we have no proper methodology for measuring spiders. Resorting to crockery is just a sign of a nation in hock to socialist dogma and political correctness.<BR/><BR/>In Imperial times the world was full of pure blodded Englishmen measuring anthropods from dawn to dusk with unerring accuracy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17573223892252345115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-62568585056600109332008-12-16T05:09:00.000+00:002008-12-16T05:09:00.000+00:00Metric bloody Schmetric..it's absurd to divide eve...Metric bloody Schmetric..it's absurd to divide everything into tenths.<BR/>Are there 1000 days in a year?<BR/>100 minutes in an hour?<BR/>I think not.Romeo Morningwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826410608415260786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-40910333655977950202008-12-16T05:01:00.000+00:002008-12-16T05:01:00.000+00:00Does size really matter?Does size really matter?The Mistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07109289531733623207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-68136078605012349102008-12-16T00:57:00.000+00:002008-12-16T00:57:00.000+00:00Admit it; you're really Simon Heffer, aren't you?Admit it; you're really Simon Heffer, aren't you?Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.com