A Call For Humor!

[Martin]

Please. I got one word for you: Autobahn.

Speed limit is mostly 120-130 km/hr in continental Europe. That is 75-80 mph. Except for Italy where limits are more of a recommendation than a hard no
Where I live highest speed limit 140 kmh - that is 87 mph. Highest limit I have seen in North America was 70mph I think.

The highest posted speed limit in the US is 85 mph in some parts of Texas. I’ve seen 80 mph posted in various places around the US.

When I traveled to Germany in the 80’s I rented a VW Polo that did 135 kph flat out. I quickly learned stay to the right except to pass and watch out for cars in the left lane driving with their left turn signals on. They were moving.

Martin

 

[thewas]

 

[RayDunzl]

The highest posted speed limit in the US is 85 mph in some parts of Texas.

Texas has 75mph posted on some two lane highways.

Speed: Maximum posted speed limits

Speed: Maximum posted speed limits

www.iihs.org

Enforcement is another matter entirely.

Fast lane around here (Tampa) is usually going 85-90mph, with all but no enforcement. Whenever the slow lane gets bogged the slowness propagates across all the lanes, so it can be 95-90 stop and go at busy times where an exit lineup clogs the other lanes as people try to jump ahead in the line to get off.

I well remember 55mph limit on all the Interstates back in the 1980's when I was driving cross country often for Telecom jobs.

 

[Rednaxela]

Sorry for the party pooping but the amount of noise in this thread is getting a bit deafening. Could you guys perhaps open a separate thread on the matters you are discussing?

The call here is for humor.

Thanks!

 

[Suffolkhifinut]

 

[mhardy6647]

An approximate °C to °F conversion is pretty easy to do in you head:

1. Double it (25°Cx2=50)
2. Subtract the first digit (50-5=45)
3. Add 32 (45+32=77°F)

°F to °C

1. Subtract 32 (99°F-32=67)
2. Add the first digit (67+6=73)
3. Halve it (73/2=36.5°C)

Close enough.

Martin

I prefer to count cricket chirps -- although in the wintertime we don't have a good quantitative assessment, so we simply conclude it's effing cold.

Can crickets tell the temperature? The answer is in their chirp!

For many people, opening their windows to a chorus of crickets is a hallmark of summer nights and fall mornings, but did you know that their nightly symphony can also be used as a thermometer? By counting the frequency of their chirps, you can estimate the temperature with arithmetic! Learn...

www.noaa.gov

Dolbear's law

Temperature (F) = number of cricket chirps in 15 seconds + 40
The El Paso, Texas Weather Forecast Office makes calculating the temperature even easier by providing a cricket chirp converter based on Dolbear’s law! Just plug in the number of chirps and it will convert the number to a temperature in degrees Fahrenheit, Celsius, or even in Kelvin (you do you!).

 

[Martin]

 

[thegeton]

By the way, you should not listen a long time to your hifi with the sound above 85db... it's risky for your hearing. You won't loose it but you can get tinnitus... a permanent noise in your hears days and nights forever.

Been there, done that.

 

[thegeton]

 

[Peterinvan]

Imperial vs Metric (one more, sorry):

The Gimly Glider was a near fatal conversion:

https://simpleflying.com/gimli-glider/

It was the first aircraft in the Air Canada fleet to use kilograms on the fuel gauges, and the measurements needed to be entered in kg/L. However, the fueler who checked the floatstick reported the density in pounds/L as this was still the standard operating procedure for other Air Canada aircraft.

The cockpit crew then entered the value into the FMC without recalculating it for metric values. So instead of tanking the 20,088 liters of fuel required for the return flight to Edmonton, the plane left with just under 5,000 liters - about half of what was needed to reach their destination. The Captain repeated the same conversion issues after another floatstick test during a stopover in Ottawa.

 

[Bleib]

 

[Timcognito]

An approximate °C to °F conversion is pretty easy to do in you head:

Its easier on Google.

 

[Boris Badinov]

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[Boris Badinov]

 

[Boris Badinov]

 

[Boris Badinov]

 

[Ornette]

 

[Boris Badinov]

 

[Boris Badinov]

 

[TheBatsEar]

Jesus Christ, what is going on in here?