A pound is a pound, Right?

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A pound is a pound, Right?

Post by unjonharley » Wed Feb 23, 2011 6:49 pm

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If fruit cost so much a pound.. Why is it sold by the lb..

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Post by Monkeypoo » Thu Feb 24, 2011 11:22 am

A pound of ganja butter is yummier than a pound of fruit.

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Post by theCryptofishist » Thu Feb 24, 2011 12:33 pm

The pound or pound-mass (abbreviations:lb, lbm, lbm) is a unit of mass used in the imperial, United States customary and other systems of measurement. A number of different definitions have been used, the most common today being the international avoirdupois pound which is legally defined as exactly 0.45359237 kilograms.

The unit is descended from the Roman libra (hence the abbreviation "lb"); the name pound is a Germanic adaptation of the Latin phrase libra pondo, 'a pound weight'.
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Post by unjonharley » Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:46 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:
The pound or pound-mass (abbreviations:lb, lbm, lbm) is a unit of mass used in the imperial, United States customary and other systems of measurement. A number of different definitions have been used, the most common today being the international avoirdupois pound which is legally defined as exactly 0.45359237 kilograms.

The unit is descended from the Roman libra (hence the abbreviation "lb"); the name pound is a Germanic adaptation of the Latin phrase libra pondo, 'a pound weight'.
Shit, you looked it up.. 99.9% Ameracans have'nt a clue to this.

unless your a wop greek

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Post by Major Krash » Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:50 pm

unjonharley wrote:...unless your a wop greek
...then I guess I am a wop greek...whatever that is...

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