AOmBi 29st Hoctomba MMXXII

Meria said:
Mbona hukua umesema hii
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Didn't I say horse's ass?
Nameless said:
Add to that their temperature sijui Fahrenheit and their stupid writing of dates
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Here we go.
Fahrenheit chose the zero point on his scale as the temperature of a bath of ice melting in a solution of common table salt (a routine 18th century way of getting a low temperature). He set 32∘ as the temperature of ice melting in water. For a reproducible high point on the scale he chose the temperature of the blood of a healthy person (fun fact: in this case the healthy person was his wife) which he measured in the armpit and fixed it at 96∘. After Fahrenheit died, his successors used the boiling point of water to calibrate the thermometers. And they set it at 212∘ such that it retains the size of Fahrenheit's degree.
 
Aviator said:
What's the big deal about railroad tracks? The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Well, because that's the way they built them in England, and English engineers designed the first US railroads.

Why did the English build them like that? Because the first rail lines were built by the same people who built the wagon tramways, and that's the gauge they used.

So, why did 'they' use that gauge then? Because the people who built the tramways used the same jigs and tools that they had used for building wagons, which used that same wheel spacing.

Why did the wagons have that particular odd wheel spacing?
Well, if they tried to use any other spacing, the wagon wheels would break more often on some of the old, long distance roads in England . You see, that's the spacing of the wheel ruts.

So who built those old rutted roads?
Imperial Rome built the first long distance roads in Europe (including England) for their legions. Those roads have been used ever since.

And what about the ruts in the roads?
Roman war chariots formed the initial ruts, which everyone else had to match or run the risk of destroying their wagon wheels. Since the chariots were made for Imperial Rome , they were all alike in the matter of wheel spacing. Therefore the United States standard railroad gauge of 4 feet, 8.5 inches is derived from the original specifications for an Imperial Roman war chariot. Bureaucracies live forever.

So the next time you are handed a specification/procedure/process and wonder 'What horse's ass came up with this?', you may be exactly right. Imperial Roman army chariots were made just wide enough to accommodate the rear ends of two war horses (Two horses' asses).
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Nothing I've read all day today is as interesting as this. Sande and hopefully this isn't Balozi speaking 'alternative facts' 😁
 
Aviator said:
What's the big deal about railroad tracks? The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Well, because that's the way they built them in England, and English engineers designed the first US railroads.

Why did the English build them like that? Because the first rail lines were built by the same people who built the wagon tramways, and that's the gauge they used.

So, why did 'they' use that gauge then? Because the people who built the tramways used the same jigs and tools that they had used for building wagons, which used that same wheel spacing.

Why did the wagons have that particular odd wheel spacing?
Well, if they tried to use any other spacing, the wagon wheels would break more often on some of the old, long distance roads in England . You see, that's the spacing of the wheel ruts.

So who built those old rutted roads?
Imperial Rome built the first long distance roads in Europe (including England) for their legions. Those roads have been used ever since.

And what about the ruts in the roads?
Roman war chariots formed the initial ruts, which everyone else had to match or run the risk of destroying their wagon wheels. Since the chariots were made for Imperial Rome , they were all alike in the matter of wheel spacing. Therefore the United States standard railroad gauge of 4 feet, 8.5 inches is derived from the original specifications for an Imperial Roman war chariot. Bureaucracies live forever.

So the next time you are handed a specification/procedure/process and wonder 'What horse's ass came up with this?', you may be exactly right. Imperial Roman army chariots were made just wide enough to accommodate the rear ends of two war horses (Two horses' asses).
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Waaah! Sasa hii mlisoma shule gani? Very informative....kumbe mahomos can add something to someone's life?
 
Field Marshal said:
Waaah! Sasa hii mlisoma shule gani? Very informative....kumbe mahomos can add something to someone's life?
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Wacha Vaiyolens.
Check anything you find odd, and there is some sensible story behind it.
For example, one foot is 30.48cms. why such an odd figure?
Because the foot was taken as the universal size of an open shoe that can be worn by an average adult comfortably. Something like slippers.
And that's actually the origin of the name of the unit of measurement.
 
Field Marshal said:
Can you imagine the guy was about 70 years? The woman was his third wife and they had separated. She was working and living in a neibaring home.

I guess dry spell iliingia Mzee akaweka panga kwa koti aka abush the poor woman who was about 50 years.

Mtoto was Std 8 aliokolewa na mbio...

Sad.
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What's the name?
I may just know him.
 
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