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To: SunkenCiv
A 10-centimeter ruler with an accuracy of half a millimeter

When were centimeters invented? A couple hundred years ago?

3 posted on 07/27/2014 2:01:04 PM PDT by Defiant (4 main US grps: conservatives, useless idiots (aka RINOs), marxists and useful idiots (aka liberals))
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To: Defiant

Yeah, that’s one of those goofy things one sees in these burnt city press releases. A 10 cm ruler that is a half a millimeter too long means it wasn’t 10 cm long in the first place. :’)


5 posted on 07/27/2014 2:47:24 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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