• pressanykeynow@lemmy.world
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      12 days ago

      At first I thought that’s how Americans measure it - in San Franciscos. But given how “San Francisco” doesn’t sound like “One seven six oh” I’m not sure if they don’t.

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        11 days ago

        Of course. I was trying to make something less useful than knowing the strides in a mile.

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          11 days ago

          Take heart. You can easily remember that a stride is 5’ 3 9/25” because that’s the height of the typical Roman soldier after adjustment for 15th century English agricultural tax methodology.