On Sunday 20 January 2008 19:10, Stan Jakuba wrote:
> Speaking of cm and mm, we just got a mailing of crocus bulbs where the
> package says : Bulb size: 8/9 cm
> Caution: Do not eat.
> Country of origin: USA
> www.wrvanderschoot.com
>
> Yes, you guessed it. Not even in the USA do crocus bulbs amount to more
> than 8/9 mm. We are devastated - being deprived of the fame for planting
> the greatest crocus bulbs the world had ever seen. :-)

Did they mean "8 to 9 millimeters", or did they mean "eight ninths of a 
centimeter", which is about 8.9 mm?

phma

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