It's a rigid wooden ruler, one meter in length. I'll let you figure out yardstick for yourself.
Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of Terry Simpson >Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 20:38 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:26806] Re: Some hope for the future > > >>We can't remember a time when the metric system wasn't >>quasi-everywhere: meter sticks, > >What is a 'meter stick'? Americans sometimes talk about a 'yard stick', and >would appreciate an explanation of that too.
