TO: Carelton MacDonald (with copies to USMA), My apologies, Carelton. It was I who sent that.
I can't track down the original. I was quoting someone, but apparently not you, Carleton. Please excuse my error. I can not deny that I am occasionally careless in my cutting and pasting. Regards, Bill =============================================== On Feb 28 , at 7:18 PM, Carleton MacDonald wrote: > Thanks to incompetent cutting and pasting, it appears below that I wrote a > sentence which I did not. Given the large-size font, I suspect someone other > than Bill Hooper. > > Carleton > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Bill Hooper > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 14:59 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:49952] RE: NASCAR Subway 500 > > > On Feb 27 , at 11:31 PM, Carleton MacDonald wrote: > > > The race will be 312 laps, where each lap is a mile, thus the race is 312 > miles or 502.115 km. The race is not a true 500 km race. > > That's odd, isn't it. If they had made it 311 laps (1 mile each lap), the > total distance would be 500.4 km. That would be a "true" (almost) metric race > (within a half kilometre). Maybe there is something that makes it convenient > to race for an even number of laps? > > Regards, > Bill Hooper > Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA
