Compare and contrast.
- One of these guys is a wimp. The other is not.
Vladimir Putin is holding, in one hand, a 400 oz Gold Bar. [For recent government-run school graduates that's 25 pounds.]
- How many can actually DO that, I wonder?
I'd bet Vegas odds that Barry LNU (Last Name Unknown) cannot. I think he's 'maxed-out' with ice cream cones and hot dogs.
- He sure has some intimidating 'cheerleader' moves, but is still punching far below his weight class.
Res Ipsa Loquitor (it speaks for itself).
Tuesday, 13 August 2013
Compare and contrast.....................from Rico
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Precious metals are measured in Troy ounces. There are ~ 14.58 Troy ounces/pound, not 16. A 400 oz gold bar would weigh closer to 28 pounds. (Government school indeed)
Actually, 400oz of gold is 33.33 troy pounds, or 27.43 mundane pounds....
I can certainly pick up 25 pounds (or even 27.43) of, e.g., puppy one-handed, but probably wouldn't go holding it out in front of me like that. (But then I haven't been working out by reading Russian novels.)
I notice the Tsar is careful not to leave fingerprints.
i went to private school so i know gold is measured in troy oz of which there are 12 to a pound (troy). since neither the troy oz or lb are the same weight as a avoirdupois oz and lb it can become confusing. near as i can tell it REALLY weighs 27.28lbs (avoirdupois). since it is gold it ACTUALLY weighs 33.33 lbs. (that is because if you were a king and owed someone xyz lbs of gold it's helpful to be able to set the standard of how many oz to a troy lb in a way so that you didn't have to back as much.)
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