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- From: puckett@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov (Jim Puckett)
- Subject: Re: Figuring out distances (et al)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.130800.23711@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov>
- Organization: NASA/MSFC
- References: <1992Aug28.125629.15877@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov> <1992Aug28.191250.6326@col.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 13:08:00 GMT
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- miked@col.hp.com (Mike Dotseth) writes:
-
- >>> o One thing that mystifies me is how, in the absence of mileage
- >>> signs, you figure out how far you have run. Do you start with
- >>
- >>0. Grab can of bright red spray paint.
- >>1. <more schmuckishness deleted (hi, Jim)>
-
- with a name like smuckish, it's gotta be good!
-
- > Gloss over the last reply, unless you're good friends with all the cops or
- >you have one and only one run you'll ever put your feet to.
-
- Sorry, Mike, I didn't think about the cops. Last time I did this here in our
- little town of Athens, I went out between two cars in line at a red light to
- paint one of my lines. There was a cop stopped there, and I just waved...
-
- ...might be different in other towns. But I have several routes marked all
- over town. I am totally unable to figure out what pace I'm at (i'm a novice,
- and need visual aids!)
-
- just one more mile,
- jim p.
-
- --
- Jim Puckett NTI puckett@freedom.msfc.nasa.gov
- Huntsville,AL (205)461-4922
- This life is a test. It is only a test. If it had been a real life, you
- would have been given instructions....
-