RE: MI miles and kilometres

[Stephen Baig]

I thought kids were measured in decibels.

Stephen Baig, father of two


At 02:49 PM 23-05-00 -0400, you wrote: 
>
> An interesting addendum to the original question about whether miles or
> kilometers are used in Puerto Rico...the correct answer is...BOTH.
>  
> Distances are always expressed in kilometers but speed limits are expressed
> in MPH.  This was done after painful experience determined that many PR
> drivers were interpreting an 85 KMH (50 MPH) speed limit by the big numbers
> on their speedometers.  Gasoline is delivered in litters, but oil is in
> quarts and plantains are in pounds. Kids are measured in inches and so on and
> so on.
>  
> Best
>  
> John Haynes
> Director
> Geodata Consultants, Inc.
> 1-800-838-6661
> www.geodataconsult.com




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RE: MI miles and kilometres

[AYoung]

Title: RE: MI miles and kilometres






3071.2555 cubits = 320 rods, poles or perches = 80 chains


Sorry, just had to get my two pen'orth in .


Andrew Young
Durham City


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1 mile = 1760 yards = 1.6093 kilometres = 3071.2555 cubits


(may be useful as MapInfo 1.0 probably uses cubits as the default unit of measurement ... )


:-)
  
Rob Batenburg
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Integrated Pest Management Section
Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre
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>>> Stokes Jonathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 05/23 9:19 am >>>


one thousand and ??? how many yards


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RE: MI miles and kilometres

[Stokes Jonathan]

Rob
you may be right there. the only PC we have round here capable of
running it appears to have pedals on it. (?)
;-)

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Subject: RE: MI miles and kilometres


1 mile = 1760 yards = 1.6093 kilometres = 3071.2555 cubits

(may be useful as MapInfo 1.0 probably uses cubits as the default unit
of measurement ... )

:-)
  
Rob Batenburg
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Integrated Pest Management Section
Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre
Agassiz, British Columbia
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>>> Stokes Jonathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 05/23 9:19 am >>>

one thousand and ??? how many yards

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Re: MI miles and kilometres

[John Haynes]

And the story about the taxi driver who, when told by his two little old
lady passengers that they wanted to go to the Market and Fanuel Hall to get
scrod, said, "Ladies, that's the most disgusting use of the past participle
I've ever heard."
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Date: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: MI miles and kilometres


>I haven't seen it, but my father, an MIT alum, said on the Beantown side of
the
>bridge there's a sign (or was in the 40s) that says "___ to Hell."  The
>_ is some sort of linear units.  Could it be "smoots?" I kind of
remember
>something prosaic like "One mile to Hell," but any town where scrod is
>eatten probably measure the world in smoots.
>
>> Ah yes... the "Smoot!" One night a frat required its new pledge
>> class to measure the MIT bridge using Mr Smoot's body. I forget
>> how many Smoots the bridge is, but every year the new pledge
>> class has to repaint the smootmarks. Last time I walked over the
>> Charles to Cambridge they were still freshly visible.
>>
>> - Bill Thoen
>>
>> "Lavoie, Claude" wrote:
>> >
>> > What about this unit of measure the MIT students used to measure a
bridge
>> > over the Charles River in Boston, Mass. (unit corresponding to the
height
>of
>> > a fellow student)?
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Re: MI miles and kilometres

[Tim Rood]

I haven't seen it, but my father, an MIT alum, said on the Beantown side of the 
bridge there's a sign (or was in the 40s) that says "___ to Hell."  The 
_ is some sort of linear units.  Could it be "smoots?" I kind of remember 
something prosaic like "One mile to Hell," but any town where scrod is 
eatten probably measure the world in smoots.

> Ah yes... the "Smoot!" One night a frat required its new pledge
> class to measure the MIT bridge using Mr Smoot's body. I forget
> how many Smoots the bridge is, but every year the new pledge
> class has to repaint the smootmarks. Last time I walked over the
> Charles to Cambridge they were still freshly visible.
> 
> - Bill Thoen
> 
> "Lavoie, Claude" wrote:
> > 
> > What about this unit of measure the MIT students used to measure a bridge
> > over the Charles River in Boston, Mass. (unit corresponding to the height 
of
> > a fellow student)?
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Re: MI miles and kilometres

[Bill Thoen]

Ah yes... the "Smoot!" One night a frat required its new pledge
class to measure the MIT bridge using Mr Smoot's body. I forget
how many Smoots the bridge is, but every year the new pledge
class has to repaint the smootmarks. Last time I walked over the
Charles to Cambridge they were still freshly visible.

- Bill Thoen

"Lavoie, Claude" wrote:
> 
> What about this unit of measure the MIT students used to measure a bridge
> over the Charles River in Boston, Mass. (unit corresponding to the height of
> a fellow student)?
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RE: MI miles and kilometres

[Rob Batenburg (Robert Batenburg)]

1 mile = 1760 yards = 1.6093 kilometres = 3071.2555 cubits

(may be useful as MapInfo 1.0 probably uses cubits as the default unit of measurement 
... )

:-)
  
Rob Batenburg
GIS / Data Management Specialist
Integrated Pest Management Section
Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre
Agassiz, British Columbia
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>>> Stokes Jonathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 05/23 9:19 am >>>

one thousand and ??? how many yards

first one to answer gets a genuine copy of mapinfo 1.0 that i have
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Re: MI miles and kilometres

[Tim Rood]

Cubits. Furlongs. All good. Mine, as the name suggests, is the rood.

Tim Rood



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RE: MI miles and kilometres

[Stephen R. Riese]

Message text written by "Lavoie, Claude"
>What about this unit of measure the MIT students used to measure a bridge
over the Charles River in Boston, Mass. (unit corresponding to the height
of
a fellow student)?<

Wasn't that the "Smoot?"
Steve

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RE: MI miles and kilometres

[John Haynes]

An interesting addendum to the original question about 
whether miles or kilometers are used in Puerto Rico...the correct answer 
is...BOTH.
 
Distances are always expressed in kilometers but speed limits are expressed 
in MPH.  This was done after painful experience determined that many PR 
drivers were interpreting an 85 KMH (50 MPH) speed limit by the big numbers on 
their speedometers.  Gasoline is delivered in litters, but oil is in quarts 
and plantains are in pounds. Kids are measured in inches and so on and so 
on.
 
Best
 
John HaynesDirectorGeodata Consultants, 
Inc.1-800-838-6661www.geodataconsult.com

Re: MI miles and kilometres

[Laura Piazza]

Mine's the cubit!

Noah

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> 1760.
>
> But seriously, my favourite measure is the furlong.
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> yeah miles
>
> one thousand and ??? how many yards
>
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> kicking around. complete with REAL floppy disks!!
>
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> Mick,
>
> Oh please.
>
> Tim
>
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> Eric
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> UK is still miles, it's so much more logical than kilometres.
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RE: MI miles and kilometres

[Lavoie, Claude]

What about this unit of measure the MIT students used to measure a bridge
over the Charles River in Boston, Mass. (unit corresponding to the height of
a fellow student)?

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1760.

But seriously, my favourite measure is the furlong.


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économiques et de l'analyse des politiques 
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yeah miles

one thousand and ??? how many yards

first one to answer gets a genuine copy of mapinfo 1.0 that i have
kicking around. complete with REAL floppy disks!!

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Mick,

Oh please.

Tim

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Eric

UK is still miles, it's so much more logical than kilometres.

Mick

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RE: MI miles and kilometres

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1760.

But seriously, my favourite measure is the furlong.


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yeah miles

one thousand and ??? how many yards

first one to answer gets a genuine copy of mapinfo 1.0 that i have
kicking around. complete with REAL floppy disks!!

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Mick,

Oh please.

Tim

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Eric

UK is still miles, it's so much more logical than kilometres.

Mick

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[Stokes Jonathan]

yeah miles

one thousand and ??? how many yards

first one to answer gets a genuine copy of mapinfo 1.0 that i have
kicking around. complete with REAL floppy disks!!

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Mick,

Oh please.

Tim

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Eric

UK is still miles, it's so much more logical than kilometres.

Mick
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Mick,

Oh please.

Tim

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Eric

UK is still miles, it's so much more logical than kilometres.

Mick
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