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Old 12-03-2023, 02:32 PM   #1321 (permalink)
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The singular advantage of the metric system is you can convert by shifting the decimal point, so 0.44 meters.

A meter is ~1.1 yards so 0.44X39.6, which I can't do in my head so about/less than half of forty.

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