LeftyFingerPop
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Fri Jan-23-09 12:29 PM
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Dja ever carry a car battery a coupla miles? |
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Think it's easy?
It's not.
That's all.
For now. :freak:
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Kali
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Fri Jan-23-09 12:33 PM
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1. no but I carried two gallons of milk a mile and a half. |
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Shit gets heavier the longer you go. Thankd DOG for cell phones. I hate walking.
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Fri Jan-23-09 12:35 PM
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3. I posted about this before I think... |
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and now I am thinking about it again for some reason.
Two gallons of milk would be about 16 or 17 pounds.
That would get INCREDIBLY heavy after a mile and a half.
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Fri Jan-23-09 03:51 PM
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14. a little less, I think (think about 6 or 7 lbs to a galllon, iirc) |
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but it was memorable for sure - at least they had handles, a battery - ugh much heavier I think?
It was a hot day and the vehicle died at a gate, had to walk home and didn't want to leave the milk - I'm cheap that way. Pretty sure I made the kids carry any meat or cheese - I don't remember their ages or even what vehicle it was, but I remember that I don't ever want to carry 2 (or even one) gallons of anything in my hands for more than a few hundred feet ever again.
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Fri Jan-23-09 11:31 PM
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19. According to Baking/Pastry/Cooking info |
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Edited on Fri Jan-23-09 11:32 PM by kentauros
Milk, eggs, and water all weigh the same for the equivalent amount of volume.
So, one gallon or 128 ounces equals 8 pints or 8 pounds :)
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Sat Jan-24-09 01:17 AM
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Edited on Sat Jan-24-09 01:18 AM by Kali
I think I was going by gallons in a cubic foot, actually. (and I was still wrong - a hair under 7.5) My mistake. I actually first learned to estimate for aquariums - and that would be 10 lbs/gallon to account for the glass and gravel, so I always knew it was really less than that, but rarely think about going by cooking measurements.
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Fri Jan-23-09 12:33 PM
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2. with or with out a carrying strap? |
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Edited on Fri Jan-23-09 12:40 PM by NJmaverick
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thought I was going to have a heart attack.
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Fri Jan-23-09 12:37 PM
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5. When our car battery died |
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My spouse walked about a mile and a half to the local battery store to get a new one.
He was going to carry it home, but one of the guys at the store gave him a ride.
One of the benefits of being old and gray, I guess.
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Fri Jan-23-09 12:39 PM
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He would not have been happy by the time he got home. :hi:
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Fri Jan-23-09 02:03 PM
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about a mile and a half :hi:
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Fri Jan-23-09 02:45 PM
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10. I did carry one the better part of a mile. |
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Just once though. That was enough.
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Fri Jan-23-09 02:58 PM
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11. No but I once sat in the engine compartment of a Jeep for miles |
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The radiator had a big hole in it, so we removed the hood and stopped at every bridge to collect water and fill it up.
I miss dude's Jeep. I think it was lost to a forest fire. That's where we were driving Jeep. We'd load it with shovels and rakes then chase firetrucks. When we got to the fire we'd bonzai straight through the fire wall into the previously burnt center for extinguishization.
Good times.
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Fri Jan-23-09 03:40 PM
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12. Only a couple of blocks. |
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Luckily I was in Mpls at the time and took the Bus (the 16A).
It totally sucked, and I've carried .50 cal machine guns from barracks to the motorpool in the army. The battery was far worse.
The very definition of 'unwieldy.'
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Fri Jan-23-09 03:51 PM
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13. Yep, about two miles. Halfway home, I was setting it down about every 20 feet. |
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Fri Jan-23-09 08:01 PM
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15. Egads. Carrying one from the parts counter to the car is bad enough... (n/t) |
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Fri Jan-23-09 09:35 PM
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16. Ruck with combat load for 20 miles |
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Fri Jan-23-09 09:44 PM
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17. I once carried about 75 pounds for 6 and a half miles |
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Fri Jan-23-09 11:22 PM
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18. I carried 50 pounds over 2,000 miles once. |
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That wasn't so bad.
The farthest I've ever carried a car battery was about a half a mile. That pretty much sucked.
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Sat Jan-24-09 12:26 AM
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20. I had to carry one a few blocks home once |
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and uphill a little ways too. Dam/\| it was a lot harder than I thought it would be...It was a new one in a cardboard box. Seems I spent as much time resting as I did walking. But you know I think I'm still using that same car battery and it's never let me down even though I have left my lights on a few times.
I definitely think it's worth calling a cab if I am ever in that position again.
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Sat Jan-24-09 12:47 AM
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21. I'd guess that you would get about an inch shorter each mile. n/t |
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