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To: Laura Earl

Cyber told me it's 1.6 kilometers to a mile. Or is it 1.6 miles to a kilometer? No, no. I know a kilometer is less than a mile. It says so on my speedometer. LOL!


68 posted on 08/01/2005 12:04:05 PM PDT by Slip18
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To: Slip18

1000 meters (meters are slightly shorter than a yard) equal a kilometer. Less than a mile, Miss Slip.

Hence the Militarized "klick" when referring to kilometers.
Which were used to grid all of North and South Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand aerially for Map Grid Coordinates.

Jack.


73 posted on 08/01/2005 12:16:57 PM PDT by Jack Deth (Knight Errant and Disemboweler of the WFTD Thread)
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