Conrad Hoffsommer wrote: > At 05:16 6/14/2003 -0400, you wrote: > >"....it measures 2.898 cm, and not 2.54 cm...." > > > >Hmmmmm. Care to enlighten me on this one? > > > >Terry Farrell > > > > Just an historical/metrical joke, Terry. > > -The inch was originally defined as the width of the king's thumb > and > -1" = 2.54cm. > > Care to guess about other "precise" measurements as foot, yard, mile, etc... ? > > Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician I could.. but then I'd have to get far to off colour for this list.... something to do with Jamacians tho.. :) -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html
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