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04-11-2002, 17:31

Harrison

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Originally posted by JosephM
English all the way! 150 feet sounds better than 45 meters.

I'd say metric is an easier system. Everything is base 10.

10 millimeters in a centimeter, 10 centimeters in a decimeter, 10 decimeters in a meter....1000 meters in a kilometer.

English....12 inches per foot. 3 feet per yard. 2000 yards per mile. The numbers aren't as nice.

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