@dpnash @mhoye @futurebird the random factor of 11 you pick up somewhere on your way to miles still haunts me.

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A forum for discussing and organizing recreational softball and baseball games and leagues in the greater Halifax area.
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Historic shoes sizes are measured in barleycorns. -
Historic shoes sizes are measured in barleycorns. -
Historic shoes sizes are measured in barleycorns.@mhoye @futurebird fun fact, it's the same unit. A 12 point font is half a barleycorn in size.
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Historic shoes sizes are measured in barleycorns.@futurebird and famously, 24 points are one barleycorn.
Points obviously are infinitely thin, so I can only assume that the imperial system ceased to exist.