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Re: Large Loco
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lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun
Date: 
Sun, 9 May 1999 06:16:24 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.pun, lar@voyager.net (Larry Pieniazek) writes:
Todd Lehman wrote:

Very nice. How big is it in inches/feet?

1/12, I should certainly think.

Bzzt. GROSS-ly off. The correct ratio of inches per foot is 12 to 1, so
you are incorrect by a factor of 144. Thanks for playing.

Gotcha.

("I should certainly think."  ;-)

--Todd



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  Re: Large Loco
 
(...) Who got who? I was just riffing on 144. Are we going to start laying traps and having troll wars or something? (26 years ago, 9-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

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  Re: Large Loco
 
(...) Bzzt. GROSS-ly off. The correct ratio of inches per foot is 12 to 1, so you are incorrect by a factor of 144. Thanks for playing. ++Lar (26 years ago, 8-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)

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