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		wcchandler on Aug 7, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Estimate Distance Using Just Your Thumb I was taught 1 fist == 1 hour. Then you'd stack fist over fist to determine how many hours left of sunlight. I just tried using fingers and that also seems pretty easy, and likely to result in a similar estimate.

navane on Aug 7, 2022 [–]

As long as you have four fingers on each hand, a fist is about the same height as four fingers, so I think the math checks out.

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