[USMA:30063] Mixing FFU and metric on canadian radio

[Predrag Lezaic]

I heard something really bizzare today on the radio. It was a Canadian 
radio station that had some show with bunch of scientists answering 
questions. One question was: "How far would 6 foot tall person see if 
conditions were perfect and terrain was flat?". The answer was something 
like: "They would see 5 kilometers in the distance. And if the person 
was six inxches shorter they would see aproximately quarter of a 
kilometer closer. " This was a real hodge-podge combination of units 
which was obviously driven by a question from the audience which was in 
FFU. It does make it for a really confusing conversion for someone who 
doesn't know one or the other unit of measurement.

Predrag
PS I only tuned in to it for a short time and right at the end while 
driving so I have no idea what station it was or who the people were.