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: Koblenz; dfwgator
A cubit is about... Now, maybe I am incorrect, but I think that dfwgator is just quoting the Bill Cosby bit about Noah's Ark.
70 posted on
06/15/2006 9:34:24 AM PDT by
CT-Freeper
(Said the perpetually dejected Mets fan.)
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