[gchappel]

I needed to buy 15 feet of large gauge wire at the local autosupply store.
I asked the middle aged female clerk how to measure wire.
She proudly announced that the floor tiles were 12" squares, and then proceeded to pull the wire diagonally across the tiles. I tried, I really did try, to explain that the diagonal was more than 12". She actually said they had training in this. So as I left with my 17feet of wire I took a piece of string and showed her how the diagonal was longer. She tried it 4 or 5 times on different tiles. Never did understand. I buy wire there a lot now. (Not really, never needed ignition cable again.)
Gary