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Re: A cricket pitch is precisely 1 chain long!

Yeah.. but c'mon Mark.. the real reason for a Tachy bezel.., shhhh.. keep it quite.., the real reason is to look awesomely cool ;0)

Also, and keep this quiet too - the reason the US is broken into cricket pitches.. it's so when we Brits invade to take back our lands, we know where everything is. shhhh.. mums the word. ;0)

Stewart

: I was explaining to someone at work last week how a Tachy works and
: is unit agnostic, and I used a chain as an example of something
: you could measure speed against. Didn't expect to see it again
: so soon!

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