Aha, I had understood '5 mile round trip' to mean 10 miles in all -
but that was before any coffee. And I didn't understand that you were
only talking about one leg (of the trip) thus there is nothing wrong
with your calcs. Sorry for doubting you (how could I?).
Piers
On 24/01/2012, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 1/24/2012 1:00 AM, piers@xxxxxxxx wrote:
>> That would be 17,600 yards, Moose, if five miles round trip. 4,400
>> yards is a ten furlong round trip.
>>
>> I am shocked that you thought you might get away with such laxity!
>
>
> I believe the original reference to be a take on Edward Weston's comment, so
> often quoted by Walt:
> "Anything more than 500 yards from the car just isn't photogenic."
>
> Thus I take the 100 yds to be a 200 yd round trip.
>
> A five mile round trip is 5 x 5280 = 26,400'
> Divide by 3 for yards is 8,800 yds.
> Divide by 2 for one way part of round trip is 4,400 yds.
>
> That's how my quick hand calculator did it, anyway.
>
> I also remember that 440 yds is 1/4 mile. 440 x 4 x 2.5 = 4,400.
>
> I only know what a furlong is when someone tells me, then it slips away.
> Guess that I've never been any closer to the
> races than a Marx Brothers movie and you'd be right. :-)
>
> Measured Moose
>
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