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Re:Whatever hit the Moon in March, it left a double crater by dylan604 on Monday June 27, 2022 @02:21PM (#31898532)
19 yards 18 inches? Did the yard become larger overnight to 48 inches instead of 36?
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Re:Whatever hit the Moon in March, it left a double crater by na85 on Monday June 27, 2022 @10:41PM (#31903508)
I think we can all agree that imperial units are stupid.
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Re:Whatever hit the Moon in March, it left a double crater by dylan604 on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @12:14AM (#31904008)
The entire point of imperial units is that you can always easily just take half of size. But yes, remembering if there are 36 vs 48 of them in a measure vs increments of 10 is the silliest part to me.
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Re:Whatever hit the Moon in March, it left a double crater by na85 on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @12:00AM (#31916349)
>The entire point of imperial units is that you can always easily just take half of size

Is that why there are 3 feet in a yard, 3 teaspoons in a tablespoon, and 231 cubic inches in a gallon?

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