[Yo-Yo]

Wow, 24 inches feet? That’s what, like a fathom?

I was in Mtn. Home ID in 1980 and it was snowing in the mountains on the Fourth of July.

[alancarp]

fathom - 6 feet
Rod - 16.5 feet
furlong - 220 yds/660 feet/40 rods (1/8 mile)
chain - 66 feet (1/10 of a furlong)
Nautical mile - one minute of latitude (6076.115 feet)
fortnight - 14 days