Garry Russell wrote:Just a thought....perhaps the last one this year
We wish!!!
I think the fisherman is quite correct in his measurements. The standard distance measurements in Oz are metric, but as a seaman he would measure distance at sea in nautical miles. The river is inland and
should be measured in kilometres, so the borderline is the beach - as Joe says. It's the same really in the UK when we refer to distances inland, including rivers, in miles, but at sea they would be nautical miles - which are a different measurement but with the same name. Like US gallons and Imperial gallons
(It's only my opinion of course as I haven't really got the faintest idea what I'm talking about but don't like to be left out
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On the railways we measure and mark distance in miles and chains (80 chains to the mile). Mileposts show the distance UP to London or DOWN from London (irrespective of the orientation of the map!). Yet in the Rule book, safety measurements (such as the distance from a train accident to place detonators) are shown in metric and imperial (two kilometres or one and a quarter miles) so you can choose the shortest
When they changed over petrol pumps, I had an increasingly hard job to find ones that dispensed in gallons to suit my car. Until I read that it was perfectly OK to mix gallons and litres and it wouldn't damage my engine
Ian
