From Reuters on Stage 9, McEwen winning; notice the "65.6 feet" and "shortest ride so far": (the report mixes meters and feet as well)
"The Australian, leader of the points classification and winner of his first stage in Namur a week ago, surged in the last 65.6 feet to beat Norwegian Thor Hushovd and Australian Stuart O'Grady, both also stage winners on this Tour. .... "McEwen's win was tight and thrilling as the main bunch caught two breakaway riders with about 50 meters left in the shortest ride so far. "
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From Reuters on Stage 9, McEwen winning; notice the "65.6 feet" and "shortest ride so far": (the report mixes meters and feet as well)
"The Australian, leader of the points classification and winner of his first stage in Namur a week ago, surged in the last 65.6 feet to beat Norwegian Thor Hushovd and Australian Stuart O'Grady, both also stage winners on this Tour. ... "McEwen's win was tight and thrilling as the main bunch caught two breakaway riders with about 50 meters left in the shortest ride so far. "
That's not Americanized. The reports here in the Netherlands are just like that. Perhaps words like 'thrilling' are a bit rare, but the bit about it being the shortest stage has been repeated a lot.
From Reuters on Stage 9, McEwen winning; notice the "65.6 feet" and "shortest ride so far": (the report mixes meters and feet as well)
"The Australian, leader of the points classification and winner of his first stage in Namur a week ago, surged in the last 65.6 feet to beat Norwegian Thor Hushovd and Australian Stuart O'Grady, both also stage winners on this Tour. ... "McEwen's win was tight and thrilling as the main bunch caught two breakaway riders with about 50 meters left in the shortest ride so far. "
-Ken
I can see your point about the feet, but what does "the shortest ride so far" have to do with being "Americanized"?
From Reuters on Stage 9, McEwen winning; notice the "65.6 feet" and "shortest ride so far": (the report mixes meters and feet as well)
"The Australian, leader of the points classification and winner of his first stage in Namur a week ago, surged in the last 65.6 feet to beat Norwegian Thor Hushovd and Australian Stuart O'Grady, both also stage winners on this Tour. ... "McEwen's win was tight and thrilling as the main bunch caught two breakaway riders with about 50 meters left in the shortest ride so far. "
-Ken
Before you dump on "Americans" too quickly...
I recently spent several weeks in Ireland. Most speed limits are in MPH (some are in KMPH). Most highway distances are posted in KILOMETERS. Talk about confusing.
It ain't just Americans who mix and match imperial and metric.
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From Reuters on Stage 9, McEwen winning; notice the "65.6 feet" and "shortest ride so far": (the report mixes meters and feet as well)
"The Australian, leader of the points classification and winner of his first stage in Namur a week ago, surged in the last 65.6 feet to beat Norwegian Thor Hushovd and Australian Stuart O'Grady, both also stage winners on this Tour. ... "McEwen's win was tight and thrilling as the main bunch caught two breakaway riders with about 50 meters left in the shortest ride so far. "
That's not Americanized. The reports here in the Netherlands are just like that. Perhaps words like 'thrilling' are a bit rare, but the bit about it being the shortest stage has been repeated a lot.
Some time ago Flemish Radio 1 had the breaking news that "Robert Millar will not participate in this year's Tour".
And yesterday VRT television news, while bringing the Casagranda- Hvastija-thing, showed images of Hruska (Liberty) getting a leader jersey somewhere earlier this year. Well sure those names are almost the same, all "Eastern Bloc" guys anyway....
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K. J. Papai said:
From Reuters on Stage 9, McEwen winning; notice the "65.6 feet" and "shortest ride so far": (the report mixes meters and feet as well)
"The Australian, leader of the points classification and winner of his first stage in Namur a week ago, surged in the last 65.6 feet to beat Norwegian Thor Hushovd and Australian Stuart O'Grady, both also stage winners on this Tour. ... "McEwen's win was tight and thrilling as the main bunch caught two breakaway riders with about 50 meters left in the shortest ride so far. "
-Ken
Before you dump on "Americans" too quickly...
I recently spent several weeks in Ireland. Most speed limits are in MPH (some are in KMPH). Most highway distances are posted in KILOMETERS. Talk about confusing. It ain't just Americans who mix and match imperial and metric.
So far all of you WAY missed my point. Buncha Freds!
From Reuters on Stage 9, McEwen winning; notice the "65.6 feet" and "shortest ride so far": (the report mixes meters and feet as well)
"The Australian, leader of the points classification and winner of his first stage in Namur a week ago, surged in the last 65.6 feet to beat Norwegian Thor Hushovd and Australian Stuart O'Grady, both also stage winners on this Tour. ... "McEwen's win was tight and thrilling as the main bunch caught two breakaway riders with about 50 meters left in the shortest ride so far. "
-Ken
Before you dump on "Americans" too quickly...
I recently spent several weeks in Ireland. Most speed limits are in MPH (some are in KMPH). Most highway distances are posted in KILOMETERS. Talk about confusing.
It ain't just Americans who mix and match imperial and metric.
FWIW
Jeff
I don't mind English measurements at all... it's just when they quote odd, overspecific distances like "65.6 feet" for no reason, you know they're blindly converting from metric. (65.6 feet just happens to be 19.99 meters.) Had this originally been written in "American," they would have just estimated the distance at 20 yards.
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K. J. Papai said:
From Reuters on Stage 9, McEwen winning; notice the "65.6 feet" and "shortest ride so far": (the report mixes meters and feet as well) "The Australian, leader of the points classification and winner of his first stage in Namur a week ago, surged in the last 65.6 feet to beat Norwegian Thor Hushovd and Australian Stuart O'Grady, both also stage winners on this Tour. ... "McEwen's win was tight and thrilling as the main bunch caught two breakaway riders with about 50 meters left in the shortest ride so far. " -Ken
I can see your point about the feet, but what does "the shortest ride so far" have to do with being "Americanized"?
It's not a "ride" -- each day is a "stage". A ride denotes a Century or some other club-like thing.
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Thanks S.S. -- does that make me heavier or lighter then? I always used 454 grams = 1 pound.
1 lb = 453.5923696 grams.
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