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Old 05-24-2012, 03:34 AM   #50 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Fat Charlie View Post
That's just how they measure speed and while those aren't common measurements down here, the thinking is the same. MPH, KPH or FPF all measure the same thing in the same way. What's messed up is claiming that bales of hay per 100 furlongs is a good way of measuring the FE of your horse. Furlongs per bale makes more sense.
Hmmm... that's a good point... maybe we should be looking at hours/100mi instead of MPH... then if you know you are averaging 1.75hrs / 100mi (about 57MPH) it would be really easy to figure out how long it would take to drive 400 miles... 1 3/4 = 7/4 so it's 7/4 * 4 = 7 hours (badabing, badaboom).
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