[time-nuts] Mark Sims and gnat posteriors

[Alberto di Bene]

Dick Moore wrote:
> 
> Mark --  my friend, mentor, and former employer, Paul Klipsch (sadly,  
> now deceased) used to use the unit of furlongs per fortnight  -- also  
> ffn,

1 Furlong    =  660 ft   =   201.168 m
1 Fortnight  =  14 days  =  1,209,600 s

One furlong per fortnight is very nearly 1 centimetre per minute (to within 1 part in 400)
The speed of light may be expressed as being roughly 1.8 terafurlongs per fortnight.

73  Alberto  I2PHD