...and of course a kilowhile is exactly how long it takes me to read the
list email each day.

Cya,
Robert

On 1/24/08, Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> dear all
> on the recent trip through the usa ..
> i tied my new wife to the roof of the westy ...
> both fuel economy and the enjoyment of life suffered
> net gain was the diminished road noise ...
> next trip she suggests we tie me to the back like a bike rack
> i will then be able to do reverse vectors on i5 both north and south bound
> these will be in one dimensional fractal increments of metric time
> average speed is the unknown ...
> for those unfamiliar with metric time
> canada went on the metric system many years ago ...
> actually the SI ...
> metric time divides the clock into 10 sections of 6 minutes each
> first one is a while
> group of ten is no longer an hour but a kilowhile
> a whole day now divides into ten sections of 2.4 kilowhiles
> hence the term killing time which is to travel from anywhere in california
> on i5 to anywhere else on i5
> yours
>
>
> On Jan 24, 2008 6:32 PM, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:
>
> > On Jan 23, 2008, at 4:36 PM, Frank Grunthaner wrote:
> >
> > > Take Home Lesson: 30% fuel economy loss at average speed of 80 mph
> > > with
> > > mountain bike perpendicular to direction of propagation. Not a lot
> > > of surface area.
> > > Large effect.
> >
> > Last spring we drove to Florida with a Radio Flyer wagon tied to the
> > roof luggage rack of our Ford Focus wagon (wanted something to haul
> > the kids and their toys, beach chairs, etc. back and forth to the
> > beach).  The impact on fuel economy was quite dramatic, in fact it
> > would have been cheaper to buy a wagon there and leave it than it was
> > to haul ours down there and back.  My guess is that it would be
> > better economy-wise to haul a small trailer than have anything on the
> > roof.
> >
> > Allan
> >
>
>
>
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> Picking up garbage and telling people things.
> Successful people do both, with the same good attitude. (riw)
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