On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
Well Dick, I
guess you've never been asked to measure out a pinch
or a dab.
That's a tad more than a smidgin isn't it?
Actually, I
think they are all precisely defined in terms of scruples,
aren't they?
And to bring this boack on topic:
there are three SCRUPLES in a DRAM
I think I might have use for dram about now, or perhaps a full quart.
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island
"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
- Ovid