Happy but feeling a bit daft.

[Deleted account DD]

ps just to confuse the fcuk out of things apparently there used to be a Scottish and Irish mile as well

[Liam]

Originally Posted by daved

ps just to confuse the fcuk out of things apparently there used to be a Scottish and Irish mile as well

2240yds to be exact. Designed to send English soldiers way past where the rebels were hiding.lol Could also explain how so many "incursions" were made South of the border in the bad old days:-)

[zippy656]

Originally Posted by daved

Many a word said in jest eh

i knew id read it some place.... just could find a link to post

[Sedger]

B L's best

Back in the day - when I was a lad - late 1950's - we used to go to Cornwall for the hols during factory shut down. It was 11 hour journey from the Midlands! Epic.

IN Cornwall it seemed to us that all of the signposts were underestimates of the true distance. We had a standing family joke about it. Or maybe the Morris was just very very slow.

[spinna]

Wish i could get 36mpg from my troll

[makeitfit]

Originally Posted by spinna

Wish i could get 36mpg from my troll

As a matter of interest what MPG do you get? I've only driven mine a few hundred miles and it wouldn't rev over 2200 at the time

[Deleted account DD]

Originally Posted by zippy656

i knew id read it some place.... just could find a link to post

Im 100% with you on this. I thought they were different like all of the rest of the US measurements .........which are wrong

[Deleted account DD]

Originally Posted by spinna

Wish i could get 36mpg from my troll

I was well surprised. But it is correct. I worked it out a couple of times fuel in/distance travelled rather than the electronics but that was on a good long run and I put the higher figure down to my crap maths

[lacroupade]

Originally Posted by daved

didt know the figure but they are different i was told same as shoe sizes

I did initially think zippy and whoever told me was taking the piss but when i looked it up it was to do with the US "standardising" the yard (who do they think they are ) and they used to be different

It meant the US mile was about 2 inches less and that led to shall we say international navigation problems but apparently thats been sorted now and theyre all the same.

I guess the space program is still confused.

Many a word said in jest eh

But any minor differences were sorted in 1959....thus I refer the honourable gentleman to my earlier "WTF?" reply....

[(RIP) PLANK]

on a different tack (a pun on the international navigation thread)

I met a bloke today with a LWB Maverick 'M' plate who swears his does 50mpg's even towing a trailer with 2 motorbikes, and he has had it since it was six months old. He is a car trader with 35 years experience in the trade and seemed offended when i doubted this figure ... WTF???

[spinna]

sorry for the delay makeitfit. ive only really driven locally but im getting approx 22mpg. I will be going to shell island soon about 100 miles away from me so will try and do long journey calculation. I will report results on here

[Deleted account DD]

Originally Posted by lacroupade

But any minor differences were sorted in 1959....thus I refer the honourable gentleman to my earlier "WTF?" reply....

and as already mentioned, more than one of us thought they still differed

c'est la vie

[Deleted account DD]

Originally Posted by PLANK

on a different tack (a pun on the international navigation thread)

I met a bloke today with a LWB Maverick 'M' plate who swears his does 50mpg's even towing a trailer with 2 motorbikes, and he has had it since it was six months old. He is a car trader with 35 years experience in the trade and seemed offended when i doubted this figure ... WTF???

Id suggest his maths is at fault , either that or Billy Liar lives on

[lacroupade]

Originally Posted by daved

and as already mentioned, more than one of us thought they still differed

c'est la vie

Well you haven't been eating your Weetabix then have you naughty boy.