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    1 year ago

    EDIT: Shit, now I got it, they’re related in 12s, like in dousens… why, WHY!

    Haha, if only.

    Distance

    -12 inches = 1 foot

    -3 feet = 1 yard

    -22 yards = 1 chain

    -10 chains = 1 furlong

    -8 furlongs = 1 mile

    Weights

    -16 drams = 1 oz

    -16 oz = 1 pound

    -14 pounds = 1 stone

    -8 stone = 1 hundredweight = 112 lb

    -20 hundredweight = 1 ton

    Volume

    -20 fluid oz = 1 pint

    -8 pints = 1 gallon






  • Then, when in a position to pay it forward, they said no.

    No, no, no, they “pulled themselves up by their own bootstraps” and made it where they are through “hard work” [read: government provided ladders of socialist policies] and so should we [because they pulled up all the ladders behind them while screaming about socialism being evil, despite the huge amount of benefit they personally enjoyed].