Units of measurement in France before the French Revolution (league) had a number of variations, particularly the "aune" (which was used to measure cloth The "loi du 19 frimaire an VIII" (Law of 10 December 1799) states that one decimal metre is exactly 443.296 French lines, or "3 pieds 11.296 lignes de la "Toise du Pérou"". Thus the French royal foot is exactly 9000/27,706 metres (about 0.3248 m). In Quebec, the surveys in French units were converted using the relationship 1 "pied" (of the French variety, the same word being used for English feet as well) = 12.789 English inches. This makes the Quebec "pied" very slightly smaller (about
The Pied Pumkin Flying". Ulrich left the band in 1976 to join folk artist Valdy's band, which was then signed to a recording contract with A&M Records under the name Hometown Band. "A Fear of Flying"—renamed "Flying" to avoid confusion with Erica Jong's best-selling book—became the Hometown Band's first single and the title song of their first album, released in 1976. Scott and Mock continued touring and recording as the Pied Pear for another eight years. All three original members of the Pied Pumkin reunited in 1998 for a tour and the release of the album "Plucking DeVine". The live album "Pied Alive"