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antler@feddit.online ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• pressanykeynow@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  At first I thought that’s how Americans measure it - in San Franciscos. But given how “San Francisco” doesn’t sound like “One seven six oh” I’m not sure if they don’t.

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  • antler@feddit.online ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It's not a good tip, but this is how I hear it:

    1: One
    San Fran: Seven
    Cisc: Six
    O: Oh

    I just came up with it off the cuff, but I may use it going forward. I've never been able to remember feet or yards in a mile.

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• ricecake@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I just remember that a mile has 1000 strides in it.

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  • antler@feddit.online ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Of course. I was trying to make something less useful than knowing the strides in a mile.

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    • ricecake@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Take heart. You can easily remember that a stride is 5’ 3 9/25” because that’s the height of the typical Roman soldier after adjustment for 15th century English agricultural tax methodology.

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