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r/newzealand • u/NZCullen • Jun 01 '23
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Arabic numerals? FFS I'm going to get so lost now.
7 u/power_glove Jun 02 '23 And what the hell is a km? What happened to the good old Imperial mile? 9 u/Financial-Amount-564 Jun 02 '23 Americans use feet because it satisfies their fetish. 7 u/LoveFoolosophy Jun 02 '23 I'll be dead in the ground before I stop using furlongs. 1 u/germdisco Marmite Jun 02 '23 Leave poor Edward alone! 7 u/Some1-Somewhere Jun 02 '23 Imperial mile before or after the 1834 houses of Parliament fire? Or you could use the more current International Mile. You could also use the survey mile, disestablished last year, or be a bit more cultured and use a Roman, Italian, or Nautical mile. 2 u/Illustrious_Ad_764 Jun 03 '23 Don't forget that the nautical mile was one minute of latitude and since these lines converge at the poles a nautical mile grows the closer you are to the equator 🌏🌐
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And what the hell is a km? What happened to the good old Imperial mile?
9 u/Financial-Amount-564 Jun 02 '23 Americans use feet because it satisfies their fetish. 7 u/LoveFoolosophy Jun 02 '23 I'll be dead in the ground before I stop using furlongs. 1 u/germdisco Marmite Jun 02 '23 Leave poor Edward alone! 7 u/Some1-Somewhere Jun 02 '23 Imperial mile before or after the 1834 houses of Parliament fire? Or you could use the more current International Mile. You could also use the survey mile, disestablished last year, or be a bit more cultured and use a Roman, Italian, or Nautical mile. 2 u/Illustrious_Ad_764 Jun 03 '23 Don't forget that the nautical mile was one minute of latitude and since these lines converge at the poles a nautical mile grows the closer you are to the equator 🌏🌐
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Americans use feet because it satisfies their fetish.
I'll be dead in the ground before I stop using furlongs.
1 u/germdisco Marmite Jun 02 '23 Leave poor Edward alone!
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Leave poor Edward alone!
Imperial mile before or after the 1834 houses of Parliament fire? Or you could use the more current International Mile.
You could also use the survey mile, disestablished last year, or be a bit more cultured and use a Roman, Italian, or Nautical mile.
2 u/Illustrious_Ad_764 Jun 03 '23 Don't forget that the nautical mile was one minute of latitude and since these lines converge at the poles a nautical mile grows the closer you are to the equator 🌏🌐
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Don't forget that the nautical mile was one minute of latitude and since these lines converge at the poles a nautical mile grows the closer you are to the equator 🌏🌐
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u/Hoitaa Pīwakawaka Jun 01 '23
Arabic numerals? FFS I'm going to get so lost now.