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[Mark_Wallace]

WiGgLr wrote:

about 85

Is that US miles, or real ones?

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[Dalek Dave]

Or better still, can we have it in furlongs per fortnight.

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[Abhinav S]

Jörgen Andersson wrote:

timed on a racing track,

Kind of ruins the whole idea, doesn't it?

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[S Becker]

>> How quick could you mow your lawn at 138.5 Kph? Aprox. 3 seconds when it has a width of 1m. Btw. what is 'second' in none SI units? ;P

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[Jorgen Andersson]

Abhinav S wrote:

Kind of ruins the whole idea, doesn't it?

Quite so. But the other so called record was done on a beach. Big difference?

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[S Becker]

>> What is that in real speed? Aprox. 152,35 kyph

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[Abhinav S]

Strange - why don't they just test speeds on lawns instead?

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[Jorgen Andersson]

Poor accelleration and not long enough lawns is my guess. Golf course owners would probably be biased against speed tests.

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[WiGgLr]

Mark Wallace wrote:

Is that US miles, or real ones?

there is a difference? I assume google.co.uk converted to real miles for me :)

[Mark_Wallace]

WiGgLr wrote:

there is a difference?

There isn't, actually -- but everything else in the US is smaller (pounds, ounces, pints, cups, etc.), apart from miles and mouths.

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