I was once given directions in India in furlongs (the guy said that the turn I needed was two of them away). I hadn't a clue, though I nodded sagely (ie foolishly) at the time, feeling I ought to know an Anglo Saxon measure when I hear it. I missed the turn of course.
Moral: in any measurement unit, pride will always keep you lost.
Simon
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Simon Kennedy
Around the world 2000-2004, on a 1993 Honda Transalp
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