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[Gary A.]

 

[Gary A.]

 

[Gary A.]

 

[limr]

The hardest part of it was not feeling ashamed when buying cheap vodka. I felt compelled to explain myself.

That was like Mary Lou when she bought one can of slug killing PBR.

Ugh, I feel her pain!

 

[Gary A.]

 

[Gary A.]

The hardest part of it was not feeling ashamed when buying cheap vodka. I felt compelled to explain myself.

That was like Mary Lou when she bought one can of slug killing PBR.

Ugh, I feel her pain!

They put it in a bag for her.

 

[limr]

Don't have a problem with stink bugs.

Do you not have them out there? They've become a real problem here in the past 5 years or so. Never had them before but they came over in shipping containers from China and there are no natural predators as yet, so they have become real pests.

I despise them.

 

[Gary A.]

 

[limr]

They put it in a bag for her.

A small brown paper bag wrapped around the can?

 

[Gary A.]

Don't have a problem with stink bugs.

Do you not have them out there? They've become a real problem here in the past 5 years or so. Never had them before but they came over in shipping containers from China and there are no natural predators as yet, so they have become real pests.

I despise them.

Nope. Japanese Beetles, flies, Black Widows and the occasional mosquito are at the top of my list.

 

[snowbear]

Anybody want to check my math to make sure I have this correct?

<blah blah blah numbers numbers blah blah blah>

Dude. English teacher.

Oh, that WAS English!

Anybody want to check my math to make sure I have this correct?

T = L / (S * 1.466667) where T is time to travel a segment in seconds; L is length of the segment in feet; and S is the speed in miles per hour.

So, T = 5280 / (60 * 1.466667) = 5280 / 88.00002 = 59.999986, which is close enough to 60.
Yes, it takes 60 seconds to travel one mile at 60 MPH.

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Keep your units consistent.

It can't always be done. The data file contains feet for length and MPH for speed - this can not be changed. I also have to add a penalty for traffic lights and speed humps, which are determined to be five seconds each (again, can't change the field measurements). So we now have MPH, feet and seconds. My analysis output (a map) has to show minutes.

Who said geography is boring?

 

[Gary A.]

They put it in a bag for her.

A small brown paper bag wrapped around the can?

Yes. (With the top folded back.) "Here you go lady ... get some slugs for me..."

 

[Gary A.]

 

[limr]

Lyle Lovett is on iTunes.

 

[Gary A.]

The Japanese Beetles are particularly vexing. No naturals predators. A couple of days ago I spread out some "Milky Spores". A commercial product that's supposed to kill them in the grub stage. Our yards and composters are full of grubs. The koi and turtles like 'em.