• @corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    419 months ago

    two football fields

    Can we get that in micro-furlongs? Is there a universally-recognized-and-used measurement system that doesn’t rely on American hand-egg sports fields for comparison? Some kind of common metric?

    • QuinceDaPence
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      79 months ago

      I really wish they would just say 200yds and then if someone wants to imagine 2 football fields to visualize it then they can do that.

        • QuinceDaPence
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          39 months ago

          If we’re being approximate, Meters and Yards are approximately the same.

          But if you want exact then 200yds = 182m

          Anyway, I actually have both an Imperial and a Metric tape measure in my junk drawer. When someone asks for a tape measure I hand them the metric one just to fuck with them.

    • @Lemonparty@lemm.ee
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      -29 months ago

      600 feet, ~182 feet! It’s pretty small geologically speaking, but huge from a visual/human perspective.