Dr. Maddkap, WerepsychologistAmericans will really do anything to avoid using the metric system.
The Duality of Xan@drmaddkap Ah yes, the emperor penguin, a well known unit of measurement with which all people in North America will be intimately familiar.
Jeff Grigg... compared to, say, a "yard" (three foot long), which is almost as long as a meter. And many people have used "yard sticks" of that length. A "yard" is just over 8.5 cm short of a meter.
So about 24 yards wide, as a really rough number.
"Nearly to the 25 yard line on a football field" would do it!
wb x64@JeffGrigg @XanIndigo @drmaddkap I just aggressively swap meters and yards, it's almost always close enough for guesswork. Also being a difference of 2.54, you can guesstimate centimeters as being either 1/2 or 1/3 of an inch, whichever you feel like. Finally 1 mile is about 1½ km, a gallon is about 4 liters, and there's about 2 pounds per kg. 20°C is about room temperature, 10°C is jacket weather, & 30°C is beach weather.
Attempts at precision suck.
Frank
johnnyr@fschaap @wilbr @JeffGrigg @XanIndigo @drmaddkap Americans just don’t like the metric system. The penguin system however has legs and things can easily be measured in millipeguins, kilopenguins etc… and then it would be easier to convert to the metric system where 1 penguin = 1 metre.
@johnnyr @wilbr @JeffGrigg @XanIndigo @drmaddkap That would work, as long as we stay away from twelve herrings to the penguin and three penguins to the seal measurements.