Too old for UOM

I glance quickly at a news article about a new floating jetty in Broome.

Two hundred metres, I read.

A long jetty, I think.

Then read it again...

How old am I? I think.

Why would anyone measure a jetty in metres?

I read again.

No. Not a two hundred metre jetty.

200m, perhaps.

The correct -- the interesting measure of the jetty is...

It's a $200m jetty.

Ah, that's more interesting :-)

The news from Broome is about a two hundred million dollar jetty.

Ah! That's more like it :-)

The jetty may barely reach from sand to sea.

Two hundred metres? Who cares.

But look how much it costs.

I must learn to read more carefully :-)

half blind. half deaf. dying of cancer.
so what?
notdotdeaddotyet.blogspot.com :-)

Dr Nick Lethbridge
Consulting Dexitroboper