"Andy" wrote in :

"PC Paul" wrote in message
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"Chris Nellist"
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I am house-hunting in Ireland, and an agent has sent me
floor-plans of a house that looks interesting.

But all the measurements are wrong, in that "1m" seems to
represent a distance of about 2.2 metres.

Could it be 0.1 chain = 6.6 feet?

is the 'm' in '1m' for Michael?

That would be Michael O'Donnell, the 7'2" bloke they sent round to
measure it, who forgot his tape measure and measured it out by lying
on the floor?

Living Room: 4 michaels by two and a head, begorrah...

A, well sure, you see a metre in Ireland is not the same like a normal
metre course it has to be different sure this is Ireland. Just like
when something is supposed to start at 10pm sharp and it starts at 2
in the morning instead or someone is due to call around to ye one day
but don't turn up until 4 months later or just don't turn up at all.
Or something that was budgeted for 4 million that turns out in the end
to cost 30 million! - sure this is Ireland when all things are
flexible including measurements. ;-)



The over-budgeting thing sounds like Britain too - especially anything
involving publicly-funded big construction projects such as bridges,
motorways, sports stadiums, tunnels, government buildings, etc. At least
people in Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Bolivia, the United States (and come to
think of it, everywhere else in the world) are more aware of the all-
pervasive corruption

I thought at first maybe it was a planning scam - get planning permission
for a doll's house and then build something really huge and flog it to
someone (e.g. an incomer from Britain) who won't have any problem buying it
but might well have to pay someone off before he can sell it. BUT, nope -
as my wife pointed out, even in Ireland the local authority will send
someone to inspect a new building and it's not very likely that he'll say
"hmm, yes, nice doll's house" about a mansion on a hillside. I'm sure he
WOULD if he was paid enough, but there are other ways of doing it than
something as ridiculous as this.

Probably a software mix-up!

Chris