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Subject:Re: The Vanagon as a standard unit of volume
From:Gary Bawden
Date:Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:31:43 -0700

Mr. Squirrel's none-too-subtle hint about being armed is very
disturbing, indeed! I would have volunteered to be a member of the
measurement committee but now feel that emotions are running at too
high a pitch for properly accurate dimensions to be recorded safely.

Scott, I strongly suggest you return to home base with the ping-pong
balls, I fear anyone getting close to Mellow Yellow may be pelted with
walnuts!

Gary

>Mr Bawden's suggestion to redefine what a volumetric Vanagon is makes whole thing unnecessarily >complicated. This body wishes to know whether Mr Bawden thinks that we also need to compensate for >armed vs armless driver
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>We feel it be in the best interest of everyone that all agree on one standard unit of volume. But this body >recognizes the sovereignty of nations and reckons that Canadians will probably end up with a slightly >different definition, that the United States will steadfastly stick with Imperial units, and that the whole >rest of the g*##amn world will go all metric on us.
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On 6/18/10, Scott Daniel  - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> exterior volume, or interior volume ?
>
> for interior volume of an odd shape, without hurting it, you just fill it
> with ping pong balls or whatever, then remove those and put them in a
> properly shaped container that you can use to calculate the volume.
>
> the pool method is good though.
>