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This is the Conversation Forum for Units of Measurement << Fulongs per fortnight Becquerel = bugger all >> Subject: The French Yard Posted Sep 10, 2003 by Researcher 242222   Posting 1 This informative article reminded me, for some reason, that although France has always had such a proactive view towards standardised and exactly defined units of measurements the Yard can still be found on french golf courses. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: The French Yard Posted Sep 11, 2003 by Cefpret This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 Well, there are exceptions everywhere for special purposes. A golf player has not idea about a "100 metres hole". The same thing is true for air traffic, even on a legal basis: everyone uses feet. I remember an airplane accident over India because the Russian airplane was equipped with metric instruments. Conversation list Most of the content on h2g2 is created by h2g2's Researchers, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click on the relevant button to alert our Moderation Team. Conversation list

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