I got my balisong just now!!!!

[Balis Edge]

Tony, Mykl, and Balilover scored 100%, but I'll have to give extreme credit to Tony for answering the match question in such detail.

I think I speak for everyone when I say, "lighting the match first would have been a suitable answer", but engineers tend to get carried away. It's okay Tony, we don't mind feeling stupid... Showoff!

Blasto, I'm not to sure about the gold weighing more. I've always been taught that one ton = one tone, regardless of the matterial. I could be wrong though, maybe Tony can help us out on that one.

Hawaiian, I think you know where you went wrong, but you get an E for effort. Thanks for playing along.

Okay guys and gals, it's time to get back to being serious bali collectors. It's nice to take a breather every once in a while, but there's a time for work and a time for play. Get back to work!

 

[ghen]

Actually Blasto is right & wrong.

He is absolutely correct that precious metals are measures in troy ounces worldwide (Source: Hauser & Miller Assayers & Refiners current catalog pg. 38)

However, he converted the wrong way. Troy units of weight are less than Avoirdupois (U.S.) units of weight. 1 pound troy = 0.8229 1 pound Avoirdupois (U.S.) (Source: http://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/weight)

BUT! I have to give Blasto his props because it takes a very keen mind to insert the Troy aspect of weighing precious metals into the equation at all.

 

[Blasto]

Blimey!! I was so damned proud of myself too. I was so happy to have come up with my answer, that I read the converter wrong. Silly me.

 

[tonyccw]

Originally posted by Balis Edge
but engineers tend to get carried away.

Actually, the only reason I know that answer was because I lost a bar bet in college because of it. That question had the words "specific thing" in it, and "the match" wasn't good enough. Which leads to the second problem with engineers; they tend to not forget their mistakes..

I've always been taught that one ton = one tone, regardless of the matterial. ...maybe Tony can help us out on that one.

This one is more a semantic issue than an engineering issue. In physics, where weight and mass are preciously calculated, a ton is a ton, material doesn't matter (unless we have a quantum physicists among us, and then he can disprove that theory).

The Troy ounce/pound/ton only comes into play when value is calculated. As in "Please transfer 8 Troy bars of Gold to the USA's account to settle the $100,000 loan."

Back to bali's people. So, Ghen, just how many ounces are you going to use in that Sterling Silver bali of yours?

 

[ghen]

Originally posted by tonyccw
This one is more a semantic issue than an engineering issue.

Not so much a semantics issue as one of definition. Just as a metric ton is different than a U.S. ton; a troy pound is different than a U.S. pound. What Blasto so shrewdly realized is that gold is always measures troy.

The other question isn't so easily answered. My silver source gave me a quote on the size & amount of material I needed...I forgot to ask the weight + after milling (casting whatever) we'll see what we have. Trust me, you all will be among the 1st to know.

Cheers

 

[tonyccw]

Originally posted by ghen
What Blasto so shrewdly realized is that gold is always measures troy.

I know, but the end result for gold is always calculated in dollar amounts (value), the ounces are incidental....