On Thu, 09 Nov 2000 14:58:54 Gregory Peterson wrote:
>...
>For highway distances I most people talk in hours...
>
Coincidence or not, this also happens with "stelar" distances (the hideous light-year
crap). For some reason people seem to "enjoy" tiing their references to time, instead
of the *real* much more "visually-friendly" distance itself. Go figure... :-(
(However, I, personally, never do that...).
>... I tell people that my house is 150 m from the corner on the north side of the
>road and I usually get a blank look in return.
And this is the kind of stupid reaction that REALLY ticks me off! !#$$%%@#$%^
Indeed! This does happen a lot.
>...Nobody uses their odometer or trip-odometer to measure distances in the city.
>...
Now, this one comes to me as a huge surprise! By golly, aren't odometers supposed to
be used for that purpose??? If someone says 24 km to a certain place, how can one *be
sure* to find it without the use of an instrument. Do people have such "mind
accuracy" that they could dispense with the instrument? On the other hand, this would
explain why I still hear so many around here talking about distances in miles
(IRK!)... :-(
Marcus
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