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I don't know what "120# when soaking wet" means, but he sounds like the weird one!
by yesenadam 5y ago
I don't know what "120# when soaking wet" means, but he sounds like the weird one!
- jayd16 5y ago"When soaking wet" is just a phrase used imply that is the high end of the estimate. Many things, such as clothes, are much heavier when wet.
- ethbr0 5y agoAlso, # = pound = lb
- yesenadam 5y agoohh ok thanks! I thought maybe it was fahrenheit hehe.
- yesenadam 5y agoFascinating - I don't remember ever seeing that usage, didn't know it's used for pounds/weight, although I knew "pound sign" is one name for #. Seems the sign evolved from "lb" with a horizontal line through it. "When # is after a number, it is read as "pound" or "pounds", meaning the unit of weight. ...rare outside North America." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_sign#Names https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_sign#Names Reading that page, I learnt the word "octothorpe" was likely invented at Bell Labs in 1968! haha. Gee I thought it was a centuries-old name.
- anderspitman 5y agoSorry to go even more OT, but were you familiar with the "soaking wet" part? Your profile says Australia and I'm curious if that's an idiom there as well.
- yesenadam 5y ago:-) A very fair question. No, I'd also never heard that expression.