[time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 61, Issue 77

Don Latham djl at montana.com
Thu Aug 20 04:49:50 UTC 2009


I remember our use of the RSF (rod-stone-fortnight) units in undergrad 
physics, 1957 or so ...even in fortnights, time flies.
Don

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Ackrill" <dave.g0dja at tiscali.co.uk>
To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" 
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Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 61, Issue 77


> Mark Sims wrote:
>
>>  the femtofortnight.
>
>
> uk.rec.sheds lives!
>
> For those that don't remember back to Usenet, this was in the days before 
> forums, when every discussion group had to get approval before it was 
> accepted on the system and uk.rec.sheds was a hip and happening (sic) 
> place to be if you were into a strange underworld of culture in the UK.
>
> See http://www.uk-rec-sheds.org.uk
>
> Where was born the international standard unit of time - the fortnight...
>
> I hope the link still jbexes.
>
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