Frank wrote the following:
On Mar 29, 8:59 pm, "John Gilmer" wrote:

OK.

A "mile" is 1,000 paces of a Roman soldier.

In an hour, the Roman would walk 3,000 paces.

700 feet is "about" 100 paces.

IOW: it would take about 2 minutes.

"willshak" wrote in message

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Well, not exactly OT. Suppose the average human walks 3 miles per hour.
How long would it take to walk 700 feet from the front of one's property
to the rear?

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Roman pace (two steps) was 5 ft. and mile was 5,000 ft. English added
the extra 280 ft. to relate to other arcain measurements like the
furlong and rod.

OP is either a nitwit or just wants somebody to converse with. Stuff
like this is taught in grade school, boy scouts or boot camp. If he
does not know it, it is a wonder he can type.


Thanks Frank.
Yeah, I'm probably a nitwit.
As for the need for conversation remark, sort your sender list for my name.



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Bill
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