> 5280 ft 1760 yds

>> and I never could
>> remember how many feet or yards there were in a mile, even as a kid
>> in Canada in the 60s.

for those of you who want/need little helpful tricks to remember such
things,
there are forty-eleven dozen feet in a mile.
that's 40x11x12. :)

that's from a power company line engineer who had more time on his
hands than he should have. ;)

uj