To: CT-Freeper
Can't they measure in cubits?What's a Cubit?
63 posted on
06/15/2006 9:15:51 AM PDT by
dfwgator
(Florida Gators - 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Champions)
To: dfwgator
A cubit is about 18 inches. Measure based on distance between the elbow and the halfway point between your thumb and next finger. Egyptian cubits may have been a little longer, say 20 inches.
65 posted on
06/15/2006 9:20:54 AM PDT by
Koblenz
(Holland: a very tolerant country. Until someone shoots you on a public street in broad daylight...)
To: dfwgator
A Higher Power than a Squarebit.
102 posted on
06/15/2006 9:48:14 PM PDT by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch ist der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
To: dfwgator
"What's a Cubit?"RIIIIIGHT!
To: dfwgator
wasn't that al old arcade game?
oh wait, that was Qbert.
112 posted on
06/15/2006 11:25:41 PM PDT by
Ainast
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