The agony of the feet
August 19, 2020 9:32 AM   Subscribe

America Has Two Feet. It’s About to Lose One of Them. [NYT] There are two official foot measures regularly used in the US. One of those feet is about to go away.
posted by Mchelly (4 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: This is cool! But ironically there are two posts and we're consolidating to just one. -- LobsterMitten



 
What if, and I'm just spitballing here, we got rid of both of them and switched to the Metric System?
posted by SansPoint at 9:40 AM on August 19, 2020 [2 favorites]


related, very recently.
posted by scruss at 9:42 AM on August 19, 2020 [2 favorites]


But can't we measure feet just fine using a Brannock device?

::reads article::

Oh.
posted by Faint of Butt at 9:47 AM on August 19, 2020 [2 favorites]


international foot

AMERICAN FEET FOR AMERICA

a Brannock device?

I had no idea that was the name for this! Amazing!
posted by Going To Maine at 9:48 AM on August 19, 2020 [2 favorites]


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