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		taejo on April 17, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hand Scraping a Truly Flat Plane (1908) [pdf] A cubit is the distance from a (standardized) man's elbow to his middle fingertip, from Latin "cubitum" = "elbow". Perhaps a more convenient reference than the foot when measuring things that aren't on the ground.

WalterBright on April 17, 2020 [–]

I suppose my little joke is outdated :-)

taejo on April 18, 2020 | | [–]

Or maybe I just haven't seen that particular sketch (I am younger than you, but I'm also not American).

Since you chose not to explain your reference, for bystanders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bputeFGXEjA

coolgeek on April 18, 2020 | | [–]

I used to know what a cubit was

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