What am I looking for in a 1923 "M" restoration bearing/crown, and how to measure, please?

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I heard that ww2 fighter pilots had 27' of ammo belts--hence the 'whole 9 yards'

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From: Thomas Cole <tcole at cruzio.com> 

> gordon stelter wrote: 
> 
> >P.S. Unless someone knows otherwise, I believe "to the 
> >nines" may be a "hipster" permutation of "the whole 
> >nine yards", the amount of cloth needed to make monks' 
> >robes. "Going the "whole nine yards" " meant "fully 
> >committed", as in when one leaves "the world" to join 
> >a monastery. 
> > 
> 
> Gordon, you may be alluding to "Dressed up to the nines", meaning 
> elaborately or overly dressed, ten being absolute perfection. 
> 
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