Distance Quiz for 7 June 04

[Ralph Jones]

Good Evening Friends,
What is the difference in 100 yards and 100 meters?

Please give the answer in feet.

Respectfully,

[PaulS]

28.08399 ft

[Sir Stinkalot]

Good Evening Friends,
What is the difference in 100 yards and 100 meters?

Please give the answer in feet.

Respectfully,

Difference "in" or difference "between"? ..... I am a little worried about tricky wording after finding the doors were open on the silo.

Stinky.

[bitingmidge]

Well in a 100 yards you could have 100 barbecues, or 100 swimming pools.

A hundred meters could be for measuring all sorts of things, gas consumption, petrol consumption even, or distances between things (if they were odo-meters).

On the other hand had the question been 100 metres it would have implied a distance calculation (as did the topic!).

I think I found the trap Stinky, you just weren't looking in the right place!!

(I guess from the above you've gathered there is a small spelling discrepancy here as well Ralph, that's the way we distinguish between a measuring device and a unit of measurement!)

Cheers,

P

[Robert WA]

What is the difference in 100 yards and 100 meters?

Paul is right, of course, provided that "in" means "between" in this context.

As to the "metres", "meters" issue, that argument has been lost as the schools now treat the 2 words as being interchangeable. Sorry BM, 2000 was the beginning of the new millenium and the "meter" is a measure of distance. You and I know both to be wrong but the rest of the world just won't agree with us.

[bitingmidge]

You and I know both to be wrong but the rest of the world just won't agree with us.

THEY MUST!!~!!

:eek: :eek: :eek:

If I had a dog right now I think I'd go and kick it!! (or screw a cramp on it's tail!)


The ever more redundant,
P

[Tonz]

Please give the answer in feet.

Which feet measure do you want Ralph?

28.0839895 feet [Internatioanl, U.S.]
26.3384620 feet [Pre-1959 Canada]
23.7777782 feet [Egypt]
26.3513863 feet [France]
27.0886081 feet [iraq]
30.2334622 feet [Netherlands]
28.9189194 feet [Rome]
28.0839338 feet [Survey]

[silentC]

Sorry BM, 2000 was the beginning of the new millenium

Actually, 2001 was the beginning of the new millenium - assuming there was no year '0'. I believe that the naming of 2000 as the beginning of the new millenium was a conspiracy between Prince, his record company and Bill Gates.

[Cliff Rogers]

Actually, 2001 was the beginning of the new millenium - assuming there was no year '0'.

Yeah but, even that is wrong by 4 years due to a rooster up by some bloke that got the start dates muxed ip.

[Robert WA]

Silent, you are clucking, read my post again.

The point I was making is that we who know that 2001 was the real start of the new millenium could not convince the 99% who thought otherwise.

[silentC]

Sorry Robert, I thought you were telling BM to get with the programme!

[Ralph Jones]

Good Evening Friends,
Yes in and between do mean the same in some cases, as this one was intended to throw you off, but I didn't catch anyone.

As already mentioned the answer is indeed 28.083'.

I truly appreciate your humor.

Thank you all for your support.

Respectfully,