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Hi Virginia,

On 16-Feb-07, at 8:09 PM, Virginia and Terry wrote:

> In case anyone is wondering if 'others' are interested in the =20
> 'elevation' posts. I have read every single one from beginning to =20
> end and enjoyed them immensely. I did not understand a single thing =20=

> except that I would like to see someone running up a hill with a 10 =20=

> m high manometer. Will you please post when and where this is going =20=

> to be attempted.

Brilliant suggestion! I just checked and there is no Guinness Book =20
record for this event so there exists a great possibility for Nova =20
Scotian's to make headlines with such a concept. Perhaps it should be =20=

considered as an annual competative event ... ?

> Steve Shaw wrote:
>

>>  One of us is missing something, or as the schoolboy riddle goes, =20
>> " Two scotsmen are shouting across at each other from two tall =20
>> buildings, but can't ever agree on anything.  Why not?"**

Very good: another possibility:

Question: "If it would take a cannon-ball 3 1/3 seconds to travel =20
four miles, and 3 3/8 seconds
  to travel the next four, and 3 5/8 to travel the next four, and if =20
its rate of progress
  continued to diminish in the same ratio, how long would it take to =20
go fifteen
  hundred million miles?" =96 Arithmeticus

Answer: "I don't know." =96 Mark Twain (from "Answers to =
Correspondents")

Cheers!

Chris

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type=3D"cite"><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">In case anyone is wondering if =
'others' are interested in the 'elevation' posts. I have read every =
single one from beginning to end and enjoyed them immensely. I did not =
understand a single thing except that I would like to see someone =
running up a hill with a 10 m high manometer. Will you please post when =
and where this is going to be attempted.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Brilliant suggestion! I =
just checked and there is no=A0Guinness Book record for this event so =
there exists a great possibility for Nova Scotian's to make headlines =
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type=3D"cite"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">=A0One of us =
is missing something, or as the schoolboy riddle goes, " Two scotsmen =
are shouting across at each other from two tall buildings, but can't =
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</SPAN>Why not?"**</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Very good: another =
possibility:</DIV><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Question: "If it would take =
a cannon-ball 3 1/3 seconds to travel four miles, and 3 3/8 =
seconds</DIV><DIV>=A0to travel the next four, and 3 5/8 to travel the =
next four, and if its rate of progress</DIV><DIV>=A0continued to =
diminish in the same ratio, how long would it take to go =
fifteen</DIV><DIV>=A0hundred million miles?" =96 =
Arithmeticus</DIV><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Answer: "I don't know." =96 =
Mark Twain (from "Answers to Correspondents")</DIV><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV> <SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: =
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white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><FONT =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
face=3D"Palatino">Cheers!</FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR =
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class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; =
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