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lb1lf on July 9, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Before 1948, LA's Power Grid Ran at 50hz

>> a foot is the length of my forearm

>Or the length of one's foot, even.

-If you're using size 14 (US; male), 15,5 (US; female), 48 (Europe), 12,5 (Mexico)...

The good thing about standards is that there's so many to choose from.

jerrysievert on July 9, 2017 | [–]

or, if you're in the US, size 14, 15.5, 48, or 12.5.

thus underscoring your point: we can't even agree on how to represent numbers, let alone measurements!

carussell on July 9, 2017 | [–]

The variation argument equally applies to forearm length.

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