> What is the > inch associated with on humans? The thumb bone which has the nail on - the distal phalange.
-- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Kostas Kavoussanakis > Sent: 16 September 2006 09:47 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Relative Size of K10D vs. *ist-Ds > > On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, P. J. Alling wrote: > > > Decimal inches seem so rational, and inches are more of a > human scale > > than millimeters. > > Greeks call the centimeter "the finger" (width thereof). What is the > inch associated with on humans? A 12th of a largish penis? > No, make it > a tenth. > > Actually, don't make it a tenth. The advantage of the old money is > that 12 is divided by more numbers than 10. > > Kostas > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
