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> > > Say, why is it that Americans always measure the dimensions of big things in "football fields"?
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> > Because football fields are always the same length and a par three hole varies a bit.
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> Not true. I never know if you mean 100 yards or 120 (including the end zones). And Canadian football fields are longer - 110 plus 40 for end zones.
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> The really weird thing is that if you measured car mileage in "football fields per gallon", the larger size of the Canadian football field (with end zones) would be almost exactly cancelled out by the larger size of the Canadian gallon.
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I'm not sure, but I think there is a good argument for the metric system in there.

Sometimes I wonder how long it will be before the whole world uses the same units of measure, the same money, and the same language. I know it's coming, but how long is anybody's guess.

We took a shot at metric measure a couple of dedades back and Americans wouldn't let it happen.

I wish we could agree to all drive on the same side of the road.

Further in the future, I think the earth will have only one race. That would solve a lot of problems, but it will take a bunch of generations before we all reach the same shade of tan.
Howard