Re: The rising cost of doughnuts

the Omrud <usenet.omrud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Roland Hutchinson wrote:
the Omrud wrote:

France and Wales are used as country-sized measures of area.
The conversion factors for Leftpondia are 1 France (metropolitan) =
1 Texas
(approx.) and 1 Wales = 1 New Jersey (approx.).
I guess they work as country-sized measures for those who live in
small
countries.

A kindly soul just posted this to umra:

http://www.sensibleunits.com/

It knows about the Wales and the Texas but not the New Jersey.

I don't trust it. I typed in "100 miles" and it said "33 Mont
Blancs", and I know for a fact that the pens aren't anywhere near that
big.

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