Re: [Biofuel] [OT] Metric measurements

2005-01-22 Thread Keith Addison




On Friday, January 21, 2005  2:45 PM, Kirk McLoren wrote:

Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:45:41 -0800 (PST)
From: Kirk McLoren
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Metric measurements

I think I will calibrate my spedometer in furlongs per
fortnight. Ought to be impressive.
:)


:-)

Maybe you could call it a tardometer. It's fashionable after all: 
slow food, slow fuel, slow time, slow Kirk.



Kirk


1 furlongs per fortnight = 0.000166309524 m / s

or

.6 meters per hour.


Maybe, maybe not. It depends on how muddy the road is.


or whatever was It depends. How long is a furlong?
Hmm?
http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/BIOFUEL/36267/


Best

Keith

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Re: [Biofuel] [OT] Metric measurements

2005-01-22 Thread Doug Foskey

Or a Tardis  it would not matter!

signed Dr Who

(For all the illiterati, Dr Who was an English SF TV Series,  His Time Travel 
machine was the Tardis)


On Saturday 22 January 2005 6:50, Keith Addison wrote:

 Maybe you could call it a tardometer. It's fashionable after all:
 slow food, slow fuel, slow time, slow Kirk.

  Kirk
 
 1 furlongs per fortnight = 0.000166309524 m / s
 
 or
 
 .6 meters per hour.

 Maybe, maybe not. It depends on how muddy the road is.

  or whatever was It depends. How long is a furlong?
  Hmm?
  http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/BIOFUEL/36267/

 Best

 Keith

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Re: [Biofuel] [OT] Metric measurements

2005-01-21 Thread DHAJOGLO

On Friday, January 21, 2005  2:45 PM, Kirk McLoren wrote:

Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:45:41 -0800 (PST)
From: Kirk McLoren
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Metric measurements

I think I will calibrate my spedometer in furlongs per
fortnight. Ought to be impressive.
:)
Kirk


1 furlongs per fortnight = 0.000166309524 m / s 

or

.6 meters per hour.


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Re: [Biofuel] [OT] Metric measurements

2005-01-21 Thread bob


per hour other than historical precedent, babylonian(?).  If we had 10 
hours per day and 100 minutes  per hour, when you said gimme a minute, 
there wouldn't be than much difference.  1440 minutes per day 
babylonian, 1000 metric minutes per day  Bob.  


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On Friday, January 21, 2005  2:45 PM, Kirk McLoren wrote:
 


Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:45:41 -0800 (PST)
From: Kirk McLoren
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Metric measurements

I think I will calibrate my spedometer in furlongs per
fortnight. Ought to be impressive.
:)
Kirk

   



1 furlongs per fortnight = 0.000166309524 m / s 


or

.6 meters per hour.


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