On 14-Oct-08 19:59, Darren New wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>> Not to mention people's weight and height (but not clothing 
>> measurements, oddly enough). 
> 
> Oh, tell me about clothing in the USA. Where women's sizes get larger 
> and larger for the same number. My wife has gone from a 6 to a 4 to a 2, 
> just by *not* getting fat. :-)
> 
>> Until recently most food was sold in imperial units. AFAIK wood is 
>> still sold as "two-be-four". ;-)
> 
> And where it's sold in metric units, I understand, it's sold in lengths 
> of (for example) 120 cm, rather than a meter, because you can't cut a 
> meter in thirds.
> 
My best estimate is that by cutting a meter in thirds would give three 
pieces of about 33.2 cm. I might be missing the point, however.

I wouldn't be surprised if the 1.2 meter is just somewhat close to 4 
feet. Although if I did not miss your point, you are going to argue that 
you can't cut those in thirds either. OTOH you might end up with three 
pieces of about 16 inches.

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