[PLUG-TALK] Kilowatt hours per year

[Galen Seitz]

John Jason Jordan wrote:
> 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.'

I guess you didn't grow up in farm country.  Bushel is the traditional 
unit of measurement for grain crops.  I believe $/bushel and 
bushels/acre are still in common use.

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Galen Seitz
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