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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

4/4 .@lazarus3271 This may inertest you. https://t.co/uUhf2S5lAR . in the meatime, Shakespeare is being rewritten 'Full 9.144 metres thy father lies' and 'let her paint 2.54 centimetres thick, to this favour she must come'. — PolitiTweet.org

@ClarkeMicah I just wanted to take a moment to appreciate that this might be the first time I have ever heard anyon… https://t.co/z0CWc9iHto

Posted March 8, 2023

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Why I still use the fathoms my naval father used in the Second World War, while beating Hitler. My Reply to the Metric Zealots https://t.co/uUhf2S5lAR — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 8, 2023

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@primleyjack The league was never in modern use. But when my late father helped sink the German raider 'Scharnhorst' at North Cape on Boxing day 1943, the (then) world's best Navy still used fathoms in soundings & on its excellent charts. Scharnhorst used metres and km. — PolitiTweet.org

@Lazarus3271 @ClarkeMicah Also, disappointing that there’s absolutely no mention of how many Leagues this occurred… https://t.co/gGTBwk0hck

Posted March 8, 2023