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London buses - 3/28/2014 2:31:15 PM

WarHunter
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Are London buses the new standard unit of measurement?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2589540/Unveiled-Massive-65-000-tonne-Royal-Navy-warship-HMS-Queen-Elizabeth-long-TWENTY-EIGHT-London-buses-carry-2-300-crew.html

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RE: London buses - 3/29/2014 8:31:59 AM

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Nothing new about it, it's been a known unit of measurement for millennia.

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RE: London buses - 3/29/2014 12:12:00 PM

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RG, makes sense to me! Great story and photos, thanks for sharing!

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RE: London buses - 3/30/2014 6:53:41 AM

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It seems to be common practice to simplify things so that the public can understand what the superior reporter writes about.

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RE: London buses - 3/30/2014 6:55:19 AM

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As a kid, I recall London Buses often being used to put size into perspective.

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RE: London buses - 3/30/2014 10:23:44 AM

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"I refuse to ride on double decker buses becuase there is no driver on the top."

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RE: London buses - 3/31/2014 8:46:09 AM

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ORIGINAL: Zorch

"I refuse to ride on double decker buses becuase there is no driver on the top."

Ha-ha :)

maybe old times people talked someting like - this river is 3 mammothes wide or something like that.

and soon we say that my new car is 20 ipads long...

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