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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)
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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...)
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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)
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To: dfwgator
"What's a Cubit?"

RIIIIIGHT!

111 posted on 06/15/2006 10:22:05 PM PDT by oprahstheantichrist
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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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