from my spiffy canadian agenda with conversions :
1 km = 0.6214 miles
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Originally Posted by Marygrace
Yup, the metric system is alien to me as well. When I went to England for eight weeks and the signs had # of Kilometers till the next exit on the highway, I didn't have any idea how long that was. Ya'll may think im an idiot for askin but.....does that equal a mile or at least close to a mile?
The ANSI system how ever is easy. An inch? Length of the tip of your pointer finger to the first knuckle joint thingy......very technical terms of course. And Im used to pounds as well, is there a team that uses the metric system?
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