On 2009/01/11, at 3:49 PM, David wrote:
True, it's not even close; that's why I said "ish." But, well, I
don't really know where I'm going with this. I'll just stick with
meters. Luckily they're the same everywhere.
--- On Sun, 1/11/09, Bill Potts <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Bill Potts <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:42304] Re: the metric system, bureaucracy, and, uh,
sodomy?
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Date: Sunday, January 11, 2009, 4:37 AM
David:
In the UK, a pole was expressed in terms of yards -- 5.5 to be
exact (i.e., as you said, 16.5 feet). A cricket pitch is exactly 4
poles in length (22 yards).
Dear David,
You might find more than you ever needed to know about the pole here.
Note that a pole was also called a rod or a perch (with slightly
varied spellings and lengths) in former times.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
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