Measurements of Distance

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One of my friends is from a rural area, and one of the things she noticed when she moved to the city was that everyone talked about things being X number of blocks away.

On another note, my friends in southern California have a completely different definition of what "just down the street" means, where stuff is considered nearby if it can be reached in less than half an hour on the freeway. Distance in general is usually measuerd in terms of driving time.

Myself, I consider something to be nearby if its within 10 blocks or about 15 minutes walking, and anywhere beyond where the train goes is "really far".

so what's it like for the rest of you? Is stuff "X number of towns away", "X number of hyperlinks away", etc.?

[Q Classic]

My bed is approximately five waters away from my desk.

[SlowwHand]

It's over yonder.

[Zkribbler]

I've aways been baffled by the question, "Is it within walking distance?" "Well, yeah, depending on how far you're willing to walk."

[Ecthy]

"Pissing distance", on the other hand... .

[Chemical Ollie]

Why can't you just use meters and kilometers like the rest of the civilized world?

[Qilue]

Originally posted by Chemical Ollie
Why can't you just use meters and kilometers like the civilized world?

Corrected

[Chemical Ollie]

Yeah

[Ecthy]

We say: only a stone throw away, or a cat's jump.

[duke o' york]

Only a trebuchet-assisted burning diseased cow's carcass lob away.

[SlowwHand]

Britain's only been using metric system..about 30 years.

[Harovan]

Meters and kilometers are French, and hence the USA will never ever adopt them.

[Qilue]

How about freedoms and kilofreedoms?

[Harovan]

[Chemical Ollie]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
Britain's only been using metric system..about 30 years.

Moving to the metric system, inch by inch