[PLUG-TALK] Kilowatt hours per year

[John Jason Jordan]

On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:28:03 -0700 (PDT)
"Michael" <michael at jamhome.us> dijo:

>> My mother-in-law still sings, "I love you a bushel and a
>peck ... and
>> a barrel and a heap" to her grandchildren -- so
>there's still some
>> goodness in obsolete measurements. :-)
>
>Obsolete?
>Perhaps a peck or heap, but bushel, barrel and yes firkin are
>all still in common use. 

The last time I remember hearing 'bushel' as a measurement was when Mom
took me with her to buy 'ein bushel birne,' which was her way of saying
'a bushel of pears.' She often did that English-Deutsch intermischung
hoping that, by throwing in some English, I would actually understand
her.

I was a child then and I don't think I have heard the term used as a
measurement since. And, other than the song lyric, I don't think I have
ever heard 'peck' as a measurement. Or 'firkin' or 'heap.'