@twostraws
This. Always.

@AlisonW @twostraws

@AlisonW @twostraws

@frank_bough @twostraws
Still use inch-foot-furlong-mile and ounce-pound-stone-cwt-ton here, but yes.

@AlisonW I've never heard of a furlong outside of a racetrack 😂 I'll die before I'll personally be measured in meters though.

@Iwillyeah
Yeah, it's specific. As are chains (measuring railway track)

@AlisonW @Iwillyeah
Chains (which were actual steel link chains) were widely used in the UK for land survey hence an acre is area of one chain by one furlong (66 by 660 feet).
A furlong is 10 chains.
The length of cricket pitch is 1 chain.
As well as race courses distances on canals are traditionally measured and reported in miles and furlongs. Not doubt road distances were too at one time.

@marjolica @Iwillyeah
I've used a (metal type) chain in the past, though this one was a wire rope of the correct length making it a bit lighter. 22 yards.

@AlisonW @marjolica @Iwillyeah importantly, this is also the length of a cricket pitch.

@Standard_Phil @marjolica @Iwillyeah
Length of wicket.