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To: Rebelbase
"...measuring more than 100 meters from tip-to-tip, and the smallest is 5 meters..."

Why does a U.S. news magazine feel compelled to use a standard of measurement that most lay people in this country are only vaguely familiar with?

I guess it's just too cool to speak Euro these days.

52 posted on 11/19/2019 6:26:44 AM PST by Windflier (Torches and pitchforks ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Windflier

You expect a millenial copy-editor to do math and convert meters to feet?


54 posted on 11/19/2019 7:15:33 AM PST by Rebelbase
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