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To: Errant

One meter and 3 feet are not the same thing idiots


10 posted on 03/16/2014 1:33:55 PM PDT by al baby (Hi MomÂ… I was refereeing to Obama)
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To: al baby

“One meter and 3 feet are not the same thing idiots”

Close enough.


11 posted on 03/16/2014 1:45:29 PM PDT by slouper (LWRC SPR 223)
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To: al baby
One meter and 3 feet are not the same thing idiots

If you want precise: 1 metre = 39.3700787 inches.

For the purposes of the news article, I think that 3 feet is close enough. Besides, I doubt that EXACTLY 1.00000 metres of hail fell, it could have been that only 0.914400001 metres of hail fell in which case, it was EXACTLY 3 feet of hail.

12 posted on 03/16/2014 2:22:28 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind, but now I see...)
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To: al baby

Quibble over 3 inches?


13 posted on 03/16/2014 2:24:42 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
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