Jse Your Own Measure
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FIJIAN policeman, asked in a L Suva Court how he measured the “overhang” of an illegal id on a lorry, said he used the dth of his two hands. He said e width of two hands, fingers read out and thumbs touching, is almost always 13 inches, ft is a guide which you may try r yourself. It is surprisingly curate.
It is well known that the length the back of the average thumb about one inch—hence the icient expression, “rule of thumb”, it the 13-inches width of hand is w to us.—R. ( PlM’s editor tried it out and can an 16 in. without trouble. She’s giant, so either she missed her cation and should have been a mo player, or there has been a s-print along the line.)