Posted on 10/03/2014 9:54:12 AM PDT by McGruff
read the headline and there is a reference to “kilometere” in the article.
The metre (BIPM spelling), or meter (American spelling), (SI unit symbol: m), is the fundamental unit of length...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre
except in our country where a yard is the fundamental unit of length
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