Wow! Check them out in the illegal storage section of Suite 102…
I wonder how much weight they will hold? Anyone care to set up a betting pool?
Such wonderful cross-bracing!
I’m reminded of the Allen tables, albeit seemingly without any of their strengths.
Are we betting in Kilos or lbs?
Pounds? Troy or Avoirdupois?
Tables that big, go for Stones.
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That will keep the test weight a manageability small figure.
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brick sizes seem more consistent than stone sizes.
“cough”… a stone is a British measure of weight… 14 lbs…
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Yeah I know, but with all the random phrases being tossed about and the breathtaking engineering on the tabletops, seemed like longevity would be questionable under ANY circumstances.
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So we don’t know where these came from ?
How thick’s the sheathing?
I’m betting it’ll hold two fitty.
Maybe… 1/2 inch…
It’s not getting obtuse until one breaks out the FFF System of measurements:
| Unit | Abbreviation | Dimension | SI unit | Imperial unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| furlong | fur | length | 201.168 m | 220 yards |
| firkin | fir | mass | 40.8233133 kg | 90 lb[a] |
| fortnight | ftn | time | 1,209,600 s | 14 days |
The speed of light is 1.8026×1012 furlongs per fortnight (1.8026 megafurlongs per microfortnight).
Think about that - mega unit per micro unit - I haven’t seen that kind of deliberate obtuseness since I saw some Euro electrical switchgear labelled as 0.1kV … or a giant filter cap labelled confoundingly as 100000 MFD (where the “M” was presumably micro - conventionally expressed as μ - as opposed to mega normally expressed as M but the whole thing should have been 100 mFD so as to not break engineering notation … but the milli-farad isn’t commonly used)
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