From: BillyBob on
"Steve Rindsberg" <abuse(a)localhost.com> wrote in message
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> In article <48308446-E40B-4C79-80B2-2023163CCD10(a)microsoft.com>, BillyBob
> wrote:
>> Am I correct in assuming that the masculine ordinal indicator is measured
>> in
>> inches ?
>
> By optimists, yes.
>
> For realists, cm.
>
> Pessimists, mm.

I was optimistic until I made the measurement. Realistically I am a
pessimist !