Total No. of "Records" in a File?

[W. eWatson]

I have an ordinary text file with a CR at the end of a line, and two numbers 
in each line. Is there some way to determine the number of lines (records) 
in the file before I begin reading it?

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            Wayne Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)

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