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WCDT Jan 17th - Jan 21st (4701-4705)
Mr_Rose:
Re: the text under the comic: are those Gregorian or sidereal years?
thegreatzappadooie:
--- Quote from: Emmett ---Wassat in meters?
--- End quote ---
Ooh this is bringing back memories of having to figure out what was meant by "miles", out of 12 different possibilities.
Only around 8 kilometers difference (thats...5... miles? ) - hours of Funfun funfunfunfun! :grumpypuss:
Sorflakne:
--- Quote from: thegreatzappadooie on 19 Jan 2022, 14:18 ---
--- Quote from: Emmett ---Wassat in meters?
--- End quote ---
Ooh this is bringing back memories of having to figure out what was meant by "miles", out of 12 different possibilities.
Only around 8 kilometers difference (thats...5... miles? ) - hours of Funfun funfunfunfun! :grumpypuss:
--- End quote ---
I read the quoted part of your post out loud for whatever reason and it finally hit me why "Wassat" was bugging me so much. I actually do say 'wassat' when saying 'what's that' out loud, though there is a hint of a th in there.
Whenever I do km/mi conversions I have reference numbers I go by. If it's miles to km, I just take 60% of the miles (it's not the 0.62 needed for an accurate number, but it's close enough). For km to miles, I know that 5km is a tad over 3mi, so I go up from there. So 10km=6mi, 50km=30mi, etc. Even in four digit distances, it's only a 20mi deviation per 1000km, so for ballparking it works out fine.
Wombat:
Oof, I feel Emmett in that last panel. I want to be a tree, personally.
St.Clair:
I'm sure Emmett would like to believe that, but I'm of the strong opinion that dogs (and their wild ancestors) have the full/same emotional range we do.
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