Hypothetical Flat-Tire Question - Page 2

carlfogel@comcast.net (Carl Fogel) wrote in message news:<8bbde8fc.0401251026.41f7e653@posting.google.com>...
> mart@geo.net.au (Marty) wrote in message news:<d9815f0c.0401250542.7686ee9c@posting.google.com>...
> > carlfogel@comcast.net (Carl Fogel) wrote in message
> > news:<8bbde8fc.0401171855.52539d09@posting.google.com>...
> > >
>
> > >
> > > Here's a picture of a real goathead:
> > >
> > > http://home.comcast.net/~carlfogel/d...d/Goathead.jpg
> > >
> > > It's sitting on a dime about 0.705" wide.
> > >
> >
> > What kind of a person says "about" 0.705" wide?
> >
> > I suppose if you describe it to the nearest thousandths of an inch then that's "near enough".
> >
> >
> > > Feel free to email me before posting if you have any uneasy suspicions that this is a loaded
> > > question.
> > >
> > > carlfogel@comcast.net
>
> Dear Marty,
>
> Touché!
>
> Actually, a dime is just a hair under 52/73rds of an inch wide.
>
> Alas, my dial calipers don't have fine enough ends to fit in between the itty-bitty ridges, so I
> was forced to use Kentucky windage and honorably added the qualifying "about" lest I be accused of
> excessive precision.
>
> (Or was joking.)
>
> So how many stickers do ya reckon, plus or minus half a dozen?
>
> Carl Fogel

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