handkerchief mile

[Steven F]

I just came across what I thougt was an interesting fact: that travel in rural Nepal is hindered by a lack of accurate maps because the unit of linear measurement fluctuates so much. One measure, for example, is the "rumale-kosh" (handkerchief mile), which is, according to Major Bhaktabahadur Gurung, "the time taken by a wet handkerchief fluttering from a walking stick to dry."

Can you imagine trying to create a map using that as your standard of measurement?

 

[Craig Gottlieb]

Steven,

That's a good one. And I thought we were in trouble here with "inches" and "feet" (no doubt very funny to the rest of the metric world).



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Craig Gottlieb
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[ghostsix]

I thought that it would be a weapons post.