On Dec 13, 5:16*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> sf > wrote:
>
> >> I've been told people can hear this bell from five miles away:
> >>http://i42.tinypic.com/20ge3co.jpg
>
> >I have one of those. *It's an old ship's bell... you can hear it for
> >acres, not miles.
>
> No, it's a farm bell, and it can be heard for miles... acres are not
> measures of distance, you uneducated doofus.http://www.prindlestation.com/farm.html

No Mr. Failed Power Lab, an acre is a measure of area! 2 linear
dimensions, one being distance.

John Kuthe...