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Originally Posted by redpoint5
5,600 feet is closer to a mile, and 1000M is exactly 1KM, so they aren't even close to similar distances. I'd say turn in a mile if that's how far the turn was, and I'd say turn in half a mile if that's how far the turn was.
Imperial is a PITA to work with. I'd happily abandon it.
I had a girlfriend once who gave me directions to her new place, saying I would need to turn right 100 ft past the stoplight. Turned out her estimation of 100ft was actually 1.8 miles. She's artistic, not engineering inclined.
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Would you say that you have never said "Turn in 5,604 feet?"
Have you ever said "Turn in 1,000 meters?"
Someone laughed at the guy for not have the number of feet per mile wrong and the friend claimed that it did not make a difference. I pointed out that they chose these numbers because they were easily divided different ways, although I always wonder why 11 is a factor, but you can do many things with 11 x 480.
You can do fewer things with 5,604, which is 12 x 467. 467 is a prime.
My friend was a condescending know-it-all in her response.
I read a story where a significant other said "Make the next right", the guy made the next right, the SO asked "Why did you turn here?"
"You said to make the next right."
This argument escalated and, as I recall, he slept on the couch that night.
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Originally Posted by jakobnev
Only for flat gallons.
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There are round gallons?!