[LMB] Miles's exact height?
Mark Allums
mallums at tyler.net
Mon Jul 31 16:43:56 BST 2006
Peter H. Granzeau wrote:
> 101.6 mm = 4". Exactly. For rule of thumb, 2.5 cm is approximately
> 1". Divide cm by 2.5, multiply in by 2.5, fudge up/down a couple of
> mm. I'm currently 71", or nearly 176 cm (I used to be 178 cm, but I got
> old).
Go ahead and tell everybody that 2.54 cm. = 1.0 in. /exactly/. Pedantry
is next to godliness. (How did this come to pass? They redefined the
inch. Sneaky devils, aren't they?)
--Mark Allums, who's very close to 178 cm.
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