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A unit of measurement equal to length of a stride by a man 6′3″ tall, or approximately 1 meter.  Named for [[Kevin Standlee]], who paced out the distances between convention site and hotels for [[ConFrancisco]] in 1993, noting that is was 968 standlees from the convention center to the Parc 55.
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A unit of measurement equal to length of a stride by a man 6′3″ tall, or approximately 1 meter.  Coined by [[Kevin Standlee]], who paced out the distances between [[convention]] site and hotels for [[ConFrancisco]] in 1993, noting that it was 968 standlees from the convention center to the Parc 55.
  
See also: [[scalzi]], [[rusty]].
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See also: [[drew]], [[scalzi]], [[rusty]].
  
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Latest revision as of 04:55, 22 February 2023

A unit of measurement equal to length of a stride by a man 6′3″ tall, or approximately 1 meter. Coined by Kevin Standlee, who paced out the distances between convention site and hotels for ConFrancisco in 1993, noting that it was 968 standlees from the convention center to the Parc 55.

See also: drew, scalzi, rusty.



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