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05-10-2015, 11:18 AM
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A Kilogramme weight

Could someone give me an example of an item that would weigh around this amount ............
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05-10-2015, 11:20 AM
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Re: A Kilogramme weight

bag of sugar?
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05-10-2015, 11:31 AM
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Re: A Kilogramme weight

Two and a quarter pounds of jam
Weigh about a kilogram
A litre of water's
A pint and three quarters
A metre is about three feet three
It's longer than a yard you see !
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05-10-2015, 12:33 PM
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Re: A Kilogramme weight

Originally Posted by Patsy ->
Could someone give me an example of an item that would weigh around this amount ............
Patsy it's equivalent to a couple of lbs.

A litre of water, a dictionary, a pineapple...
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05-10-2015, 12:35 PM
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Re: A Kilogramme weight

Patsy why do you ask?
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05-10-2015, 12:46 PM
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Re: A Kilogramme weight

Originally Posted by wishbone ->
bag of sugar?
Thanks - thought it was the sugar, but I didn't have a bag to compare -
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Re: A Kilogramme weight

Originally Posted by Suzuki Sue ->
Patsy why do you ask?
Nosy Rosy .............
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05-10-2015, 12:48 PM
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Re: A Kilogramme weight

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Thanks - thought it was the sugar, but I didn't have a bag to compare -
Well, hang on there, it depends how big the bag of sugar is!!!!
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05-10-2015, 12:50 PM
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Re: A Kilogramme weight

Patsy;

Take a 1963 Morris 1000 saloon - with no extras! Place it on a coalman's weighing machine on the back of his lorry.

Now take 37 standard pavement slabs, and place them on the other side of the coalman's weighing machine.

The difference is about one kilogram.
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Re: A Kilogramme weight

Is it really ! ?
Well ain't you clever ...............

I'll take the 1963 car - ta ..........
 
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