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Date:         Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:52:55 -0800
Reply-To:     Gary Bawden <goldfieldgary@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Gary Bawden <goldfieldgary@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: The Vanagon as a standard unit of volume
Comments: cc: camping.elliott@gmail.com
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Hmm... Mr. Squirrel, while I like your proposal of the Vanagon as a unit of volume, I can't accept your measurements. The space under the van is detemined by the size of tires and is therefore subject to change. I think the thing to do is to submerge Mellow Yellow in a tank with straight sides, measuring the height of water before and after the dunking, being sure to open the doors before removal from the pool, er, I mean measuring vessel, to be sure you haven't trapped any of the Volumetric Determining Liquid within, then report back with the correct volume. :^)

Eagerly awaiting your datum,

Gary

> ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:42:42 -0700 > From: "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> > Subject: The Vanagon as a standard unit of volume > > As I stood next to a Fleetwood Bounder 38P -- the biggest damn RV I have > ever seen, it's like standing next to a billboard -- I wondered how many > Vanagons one could fit inside one of those beasts. > > Assume the Vanagon and the Bounder to be rectangular prisms with the > following dimensions: > > Vanagon: 15' x 6'4'' x 6'1'' > Bounder 38P: 38'3'' x 12'10'' x 8' > > (Units are feet-inches.) > > Based on this, you can pour 6.8 Vanagons into one Bounder. > > I hereby propose the "Vanagon" as the standard unit of volume. > > For example: one Vanagon is about 16387 liters. So the 1.9l Vanagon > engine shall henceforth be known as the 0.000115, or 115 microvanagon > engine. By the same token, the 2.1l engine is now the 128 microvanagon > engine. > > I will leave conversion of the fuel and oil capacities as an exercise > for the student. And there'll be none of that tired old furlongs per > fortnight silliness. It was funny the first time. The first time was a > long, long time ago. > > -- > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) > Bend, OR > KG6RCR >


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