Edutainment post: Adam the Hypocrite
I feel so...hypocritical. All last semester I proclaimed my love for the metric system. And now I'm working at a place that does measurements almost exclusively in imperial units.
No metric tonnes, no meters cubed. no kilograms. Even the degrees are in Fahrenheit. I think. Voluminous flow is measured in cubic feet per minute. And they use...bushels. What the crap is a bushel?
bush·el1
n.
- Abbr. bsh. or bu.
- A unit of volume or capacity in the U.S. Customary System, used in dry measure and equal to 4 pecks, 2,150.42 cubic inches, or 35.24 liters.
- A unit of volume or capacity in the British Imperial System, used in dry and liquid measure and equal to 2,219.36 cubic inches or 36.37 liters. See table at measurement.
- A container with the capacity of a bushel.
Thank you, Dictionary.com. I especially like number two. Repetitive much?
Apparently it's 4 pecks = 32 quarts = 64 pints. For something about the density of water (i.e. corn) it's about 64 pounds. I know the approximate density of corn. I got to measure several sample pints today. Most were around 440 grams. But that's the only metric we use.
So, there were about three things I was supposed to do at 7 tonight. I was apparently supposed to go to a Wells Fargo financial future thing. I was also supposed to go to a weekly church thing. I ended up driving home from work and showering. I think I win.