To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
What's the difference between "about 99 feet" and "about 100 feet"?
6 posted on
11/23/2005 7:39:57 AM PST by
Lonesome in Massachussets
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
"What's the difference between "about 99 feet" and "about 100 feet"? " About 11 inches.
9 posted on
11/23/2005 7:43:18 AM PST by
avg_freeper
(Gunga galunga. Gunga, gunga galunga)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
The same difference between 99 cents and 1 dollar? Why say something is $5.99 as opposed to $6.00? That always irked me.
40 posted on
11/23/2005 10:12:38 AM PST by
Romish_Papist
(Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
They probably said "30 meters" and the journo did the conversion to feet.
47 posted on
11/23/2005 12:37:32 PM PST by
Erasmus
(Getting captivated by modern music leads to Stockhausen Syndrome.)
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