Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site steinmetz.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!ncsu!uvacs!edison!steinmetz!stern From: stern@steinmetz.UUCP (Harold A. Stern) Newsgroups: net.politics,net.jokes Subject: Re: Re: Hahvahd Bridge Message-ID: <248@steinmetz.UUCP> Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 10:31:11 EDT Article-I.D.: steinmet.248 Posted: Wed Aug 14 10:31:11 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 06:11:33 EDT References: <245@frog.UUCP> <1830@aecom.UUCP> <98@ssc-vax.UUCP> Organization: GE CRD, Schenectady, NY Lines: 17 Xref: watmath net.politics:10491 net.jokes:13891 > > To this day, the length of the bridge is marked in "Smoots." (Memory fails > > me, but I believe it something around 468.4 Smoots and 1 ear in length.) > Close, 365.4 Smoots and 1 Ear. > Gregg Lobdell * I am shocked that someone with the infamous name of "Lobdell" should be mistaken on a matter of such grave importance. The bridge is exactly 364.4 Smoots and 1 ear. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- harold a. stern 410 memorial drive stern%teela@mit-athena cambridge, ma 02139 decvax!mcnc!ncsu!uvacs!edison!steinmetz!stern (617) 225-8304, 253-1541 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * You tell 'em, Gregg