On Mon, 1 Feb 1999 19:58:30 +1100, "Paul Jones" <dj_argon@geocities.com> wrote: >Are you sure it was about 287m, not 288m or 286m?? Reminds me of a newspaper report of an aircraft flying at 9144 m. Obviously the reporter has pulled out a calculator and made a hard conversion from 30,000 feet to metres. And then there are newspaper reports of 600mW power stations but I am drifting off topic....