furlong
A unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile (220 yards, or 201.168 metres), now mainly used in measuring distances in farmland and horse racing.
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I had Trojan Tiller to fail on the 3rd furlong.
Stella V. Furlong's 'Why Me?' Offers Insight on Mental Health and Recovery #mental_health #United_Kingdom #Cheshire #Bipolar_Disorder #Stella_V._Furlong
What else are we dispensing with?.. Thousand? Million? Furlong? Ounce? Perhaps, we should spend most of our lives, and conversations, counting to the numbers we mean.
Recent additions: - The Golden Enclaves (solid ending to the trilogy!) - Wise Child, Juniper, and Colman by Monica Furlong (stellar, books I would have been obsessed with as a kid)
Pearl Jam is sticking closely to Special Sock as they reach the final furlong
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A unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile (220 yards, or 201.168 metres), now mainly used in measuring distances in farmland and horse racing.
“I had Trojan Tiller to fail on the 3rd furlong.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Stella V. Furlong's 'Why Me?' Offers Insight on Mental Health and Recovery #mental_health #United_Kingdom #Cheshire #Bipolar_Disorder #Stella_V._Furlong”
— Bluesky· May 2026“What else are we dispensing with?.. Thousand? Million? Furlong? Ounce? Perhaps, we should spend most of our lives, and conversations, counting to the numbers we mean.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Recent additions: - The Golden Enclaves (solid ending to the trilogy!) - Wise Child, Juniper, and Colman by Monica Furlong (stellar, books I would have been obsessed with as a kid)”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Pearl Jam is sticking closely to Special Sock as they reach the final furlong”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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