RE: [ihc] WORT for sale - off topic

[Steven Stegmann <steve.stegmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mac,

I think I'm out of replies.  I should get my wife
working on this, a real master at word games.

I really like the WORT.  The diary is a great story,
I'm enjoying reading it.

Steve

--- Mac McMuffin <mac@domain.elided> wrote:
> ## >> > First, 50kps = 1860 mph
> ## >> >
> ## >> > 50 kph = 31 mph (27 kts)
> ## >> >
> ## >> > I wouldn't like it that slow either, same
> reasons.
> ## >> > Traveling the country
> ## >> > at 30mph isn't all that nice for anyone
> stuck behind
> ## >> > you...
> ## >> >
> ## >> > -Ryan
> --
> ## >> Yeah, Yeah,  whats the big difference k per
> second k
> ## >> per hour.
> ## >>
> ## >> Steve
> 
> actually, i believe he was referring to knots. 
> twenty seven knots.
> 
> knot:  A unit of speed equal to one nautical mile
> per hour. 1 knot = 1
> n.mile/h = 1.852 km/h.
> 
> nautical mile:  a unit of length equal to 1.1508
> statute miles
> 
> statute mile:  a unit of length equal to 5280 feet
> 
> do i really need to go into the metrics too?  i
> didn't think so.
> 
> the really big question on my mind is...  who came
> up with this statute mile
> thing?  i mean, where is this statute written?  who
> wrote it?  in what
> country?  can it be overridden by a statute by
> somebody else?  can Governor
> Swarzenegger pass a California statute that
> indicates a different distance
> for the "statute mile"?  minds with way too much
> free time on their hands
> want to know!
> 
> --Mac
> 
>
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