'rectangular prism' .......?
rather use loose of the word 'prism' me thinks.

rectangular box is more like it.
or does light shine through your van and break up into a rainbow thing ?

but who cares !
care for it and use the fine machine !

nice trip you have coming up.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike "Rocket J Squirrel"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 3:42 PM
Subject: Re: The Vanagon as a standard unit of volume

> Scott Daniel - Turbovans 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.
>
> That's a lot of table tennis balls. Who wants to pay for them? My method
> is miles cheaper, costs nothing.
>
>> the pool method is good though.
>
> Are you volunteering your van, a hoist, the pool? Again, my method wins
> on the basis not only of cheapness but it's 100% accurate, and orders of
> magnitude easier to do -- in fact, it's already been done.
>
> Viz:
>
> Assume the standard volumetric Vanagon to be a rectangular prism with
> the following dimensions: 15' x 6'4'' x 6'1''
>
> Done and done.
>
> This has been a good Friday.
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
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