{"id":96,"date":"2025-06-28T21:01:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T01:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ambrcreations.net\/blog\/?p=96"},"modified":"2025-06-28T21:01:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T01:01:35","slug":"its-mils-not-mills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ambrcreations.net\/blog\/its-mils-not-mills\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Mils Not Mills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Date Written: <\/strong>06 May 2024<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Have you ever heard of a mil?
A mill?
No a mil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don’t understand.
What don’t you understand? I am talking about mils.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, mills I understand.
No, mils you don’t understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes I do.
No you don’t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ask me what a mill is then!
HAH, o k – What is a mil?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a place that grinds grain.
That’s a mill not a mil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don’t understand how that is not a mill.
HAH – I am talking mils, thousands of an inch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What.
Mils. A mil is a thousand of an inch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is not what a mill is.
Correct. But it is what a M-I-L is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You forgot an L there.
\u2026\u2026
Why are you staring at me like that?
You know why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No, I don’t know why. You spelt mill wrong.
No I – \u2026.hahhh\u2026.are you aware there are two kinds of “mills”?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are?
\u2026\u2026Yes there are. There’s the “mill” you know and the “mil” I am telling you about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh. So there’s a M-I-L-L and a M-I-L?
YES.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026..
\u2026..?
What’s the difference?
\u2026..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You’re staring at me again.
\u2026.Hahhh – Repeat after me.
Okay?
A M-I-L\u2026
A M-I-L\u2026..L?
No, a M-I-L\u2026
A M-I-L\u2026
Is a thousand of an inch.
Is a thousand of an inch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A mil is a thousand of an inch.
A mil is a thousand of an inch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes! Now what is a mil?
A thousand of an inch of a place that grinds grain!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026.You’re impossible.
And you’re possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026..Good night.
But it’s only lunch tim-oh bye!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Date Written: 06 May 2024 Have you ever heard of a mil?A mill?No a mil. I don’t understand.What don’t you understand? I am talking about…<\/p>\n

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