Once upon a time, well, really it was 30-Mar-1997 02:07 you wrote to me

 DW> Shouldn't that be a meter?

 FM> No, a meter is an instrument one uses to to display a measured
 FM> parameter. And a *metre* is quite a bit bigger than a yard.

 DW> Not in the USA.  Oh, and there is only 3 and a bit inches difference
 DW> between the two units of measure.

 RM> That's "quite a bit" in my book. Try fitting a 1 metre ball into
 RM> a 1 yard hole.

That would be difficult.  I haven't seen any 1m balls for sale...



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