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| AdeV:
--- Quote from: Anzaniste on November 29, 2013, 09:23:55 PM ---It's much easier to divide by eye something into half and thus a quater, an eighth, sixteenth etc than it is to divide things by tents. --- End quote --- True, but you can't count 1/2, 1/4, 1/8ths, etc. on your fingers & toes, like you can decimals... Obviously a bit of a nuisance if you've lost a finger or a toe along the way... there's not much call for a base-9 system. Personally I prefer Octal, one doesn't need to use one's thumbs, and/or 2 digits spare in case of accidents :) |
| Fergus OMore:
Oh yes, you can - do all sorts of things with fractions as music is written in staves- or wooden things surrounded by bars but you still get a round( oops) to circles of fifths.-scores of times. Nope, I am not to blame for this, I am merely saying what is there. I could go onto to things a Megalithic Yards-- and this is why the wagon got pointed towards the stars and the planet Venus. It's all there- read the book! However, this VW thing isn't a really a VW thing. One of our Mercs 'blew up'- after a lot less mileage. The fault is that manufacturers are now 'overstressing' power units. I've just had a doze of the collywobbles because my BMW Mini Cooper is one of those whose steering is prone to locking= as it drives along. So I've been in the market for 'another shopping trolley' and found that there is a raft of cars which will push out brake horse powers far in excess of the perhaps 35 real BHP of 55BHP of an old BMC type Mini Cooper that was shagged at 35 k miles. I went out and had a look at these 1.4 litre thingies which would do vast speeds and vaster economies in miles per gallon or litres per 100 kilometres. Not just Panzer wagens but High and Dry's and Fords and whatever. And then I thought of the guy who said 'there is no substitute for CUBIC Inches' I'm picking up a diesel 1.6 Skoda diesel which is 105 brake horse power. Now possums, this little thing will go one and a half times faster than a Ferdie Porsche Beetle-down hill and with the wind behind it. Will it last as long? Let's get real, eh? |
| Pete W.:
--- Quote from: Fergus OMore on November 30, 2013, 01:37:33 PM --- SNIP However, this VW thing isn't a really a VW thing. SNIP I'm picking up a diesel 1.6 Skoda diesel which is 105 brake horse power. SNIP --- End quote --- But, Fergus, Isn't a Skoda a 'VW thing' nowadays? |
| DavidA:
Anthony, ...sorry for the rant........... didnt mean to take over the post.... Sounds like you are entitled to a rant or two. Did you get fully re imbursed by the agent for the damage ? Dave. |
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