[LUG] Re: today's meets and some observations etc.

[tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

DaveNull writes: 

> We used 56.5 inches for the same reason we use £, tradition, from the 
> Romans, it was the width of a roman cart wheels.
> The Romans came up with that dimension because it was about right for a 
> cart pulled by two horses.

I am fairly sure this is an urban legend though I can't track the
reference right now. 

Tony 


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