Furlong the fundamental unit of land measurement. A furlong was forty rods, an acre four by 40 rods, or four rods by one furlong, and thus 160 square rods. At the time, the Saxons used the North German foot, which was 10 percent longer than the foot of today. When England changed to the shorter foot in the late 13th century, rods and furlongs remained unchanged, since property boundaries were already defined in rods and furlongs. The only thing that changed was the number of feet and yards in a rod or a furlong, and the number of square feet and
Mack Furlong Mack Furlong Mack Furlong is an actor, writer and musician based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Furlong has been a frequent host of, and contributor to, CBC Radio programs. Along with Steven Palmer and Ed Riche, Furlong co-wrote and co-created "The Great Eastern", a comedic radio show purporting to be a genuine arts and entertainment program, that ran on CBC Radio One between 1994 and 1999. Furlong played Paul Moth, the host of the titular show-within-a-show "The Great Eastern", as well as voicing other minor characters. Furlong reprised his role as Paul Moth in the 2004 radio spinoff