Date:         Sun, 17 Oct 2004 18:40:39 -0500
Reply-To:     Joel Walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         Joel Walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: 101 MPH Vanagon!
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> 5280 ft 1760 yds

>> and I never could
>> remember how many feet or yards there were in a mile, even as a kid
>> in Canada in the 60s.

for those of you who want/need little helpful tricks to remember such
things,
there are forty-eleven dozen feet in a mile.
that's 40x11x12. :)

that's from a power company line engineer who had more time on his
hands than he should have. ;)

uj

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