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.



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

1 yard hole.



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