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mom@nom.mom ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

A peck is (was) a unit of measure, oddly. Same with a bushel. I know because my Grandma used to say “a bushel and a peck, and a squeeze around the neck!” to me when I was young. I had to ask her too.

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TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
how many cubic football fields is that for the rest of us

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- mom@nom.mom ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Imperial or metric football? I’m not great with converting units of measure… So maybe 2?
  
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  - TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    metric football is played on a pitch not a field
    
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    mom@nom.mom ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Damn. Conversion is hard
    
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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
It’s a quick smooch

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