On Saturday 28 October 2006 06:22, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > I've never tried measuring anything but a CRT monitor in inch, so I > don't know about eyeball measurements. But I'd only buy that arguement > if the ordering were consistent, ie 12 inches to a foot, 12 feet to a > yard, 12 yards to a mile... What have you between the yard and mile, > anyway? > Furlongs and chains - rarely used these days, but a cricket pitch is 1 chain long. I believe surveyors still use chains, though. Anne
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