In article ,
Andy Burns wrote:
ARW wrote:

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Do you think you could measure the height of that ceiling with a 5m
tape measure and how long do you think it would take you?

Walk to the balcony, measure down to the ring and up to the ceiling.

nah -- stand on the back of the horse then measure up, fall off - repeat
until bored or too badly injured to carry on.

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from KT24 in Surrey, England
"I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle