> > > > > OK, so I'm back from a trip in which I discovered the joys of passing on frostheave-ridden roads in a 29' motorhome
> > > >
> > > > Ex-squeese me, is that 29 inches? yards?
> > >
> > > Feet. Here, anyway, a single quote means feet, and a double quote means inches. So if you're 5'10" tall, you're five feet, ten inches.

But how tall am I in arcs, degrees and minutes? :)


> > One thing i find the most difficult about foreign countries like the US are the measurements....
> > We use meters, centimeters, and so on....
> > Its hard picturing a 29' (feet, hehe) vehicle...
> >
> > And how many inches are there in a foot again?
> >

Don't worry Jommeke. You do have sane friends in North America: at least Canadians, like the rest of the world, have sensibly embraced the metric Ideal. No longer do we have to worry about How many tablespoons are in a cup are in a pint are in a quart are in a gallon. No more do we wonder over How many pecks are in a bushel are in a ton, or whether a hogshead is more solid than a firkin. Imperial measurements, the bastion holdovers of the British empire, must be so easy to use that the Brits couldn't wait to get rid of them ;)


> Jom"i-really-need-to-take-some-classes-about-US-measurements"meke
>
> 12 inches in a foot.... but don't bother trying to understand us measurements, they really maek no sense.... intellectually, i think we should switch to the system the rest of the world uses (metric)... but i wouldn't want to, i'm so used to measuring everything in feet, estimating in feet, thinking in miles, etc. etc.... it's would be a pain. but we still should.
>
> uni"and how many kilometers are in a mile again?"peg

1 mile = 1.609344 km, I trust that's accurate enough for you ;)