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Old 27th Sep 2005, 16:50
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TheKentishFledgling
 
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As others have said, bend your thumb through 90 degrees, and from the knuckle to the tip of the thumb is approx 10 miles!

(now have a mental picture of FingersR measuring his thumb length ....still, could be worse!)

tKF
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