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A curious Irish length unit (2.2m), or???
"PC Paul" wrote in message om... "Chris Nellist" wrote in message ... 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. ;-) |
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A curious Irish length unit (2.2m), or???
"Andy" wrote in :
"PC Paul" wrote in message om... "Chris Nellist" wrote in message ... 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 |
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A curious Irish length unit (2.2m), or???
He did say it was for reference only, so I assume he means that it is
the proper design, it's just that the measurements are incorrect. |
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