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To: Optimus Prime
You could be 2.11 meters tall.

The English system is so weird that I'm not even sure what the main unit of mass is.
156 posted on 05/15/2006 1:19:34 PM PDT by RHINO369 (Politicians are not born; they are excreted.)
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To: RHINO369
The English system is so weird that I'm not even sure what the main unit of mass is.

One slug is the mass accelerated at 1 foot per second per second by a force of 1 pound. So, roughly 32 pounds, equating to the roughly 32 feet per second per second acceleration due to gravity.

SD

160 posted on 05/15/2006 1:24:10 PM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: RHINO369
You could be 2.11 meters tall.

More like 1.85 meters tall...

167 posted on 05/15/2006 1:57:41 PM PDT by Junior (Identical fecal matter, alternate diurnal period)
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To: RHINO369

"The English system is so weird that I'm not even sure what the main unit of mass is."

I believe it is the slug, which if memory serves, and it probably doesn't, is a mass which weighs 32.2 lbs.


175 posted on 05/15/2006 3:56:21 PM PDT by -YYZ-
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