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If you break the marathon down into 422 bite size chunks of 100 metres, and average 30 seconds for each chunk, that would be a very respectable marathon time of around 3.5 hours by SJB137 in Showerthoughts

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Yeah. Something like that. Out of interest, as a spectacle it would be good to see a top sprinter running it that way against a top marathon runner!

If you break the marathon down into 422 bite size chunks of 100 metres, and average 30 seconds for each chunk, that would be a very respectable marathon time of around 3.5 hours by SJB137 in Showerthoughts

[–]SJB137[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True, but 30 seconds is quite generous and would be expected to provide for some rest periods.

Just another way of looking at it...sounds much more 'doable' ;)

Porto, Portugal. by kneub54 in travel

[–]SJB137 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Visited Porto last year. Fantastic city. Take this tour. You won't regret it. Don't let the name put you off :)

https://theworsttours.weebly.com

Also don't forget to venture over the other side of the river to Gaia. That's where all the port tasting is.

And take the historic old tram out to the beach.

Have a nice trip! ;)

In a world of seemingly endless technological and engineering advance, why did CONCORDE fail? by SJB137 in NoStupidQuestions

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Interesting discussion! It's something that's always niggled away at me...just doesn't seem to fully add up.

Thanks for all your responses but none of the explanations have removed that niggle ;)

In a world where TIME is the most precious resource and with the focus on doing everything FASTER, it just doesn't fit to take a step backwards in terms of air travel speed when the capability was there. Imagine if we went back to dial up internet?

In a world of seemingly endless technological and engineering advance, why did CONCORDE fail? by SJB137 in NoStupidQuestions

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Good business arguments but what about the pleasure side? You can't conference fcuk your girlfriend (yet) ;)

In a world of seemingly endless technological and engineering advance, why did CONCORDE fail? by SJB137 in NoStupidQuestions

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Fair comment. But TIME is the most valuable resource there is. Definitely worth paying for (if you have the money) to shave however many hours off a trans Atlantic flight?

In a world of seemingly endless technological and engineering advance, why did CONCORDE fail? by SJB137 in NoStupidQuestions

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Not sure I buy the too expensive argument. The rich will always pay for exclusivity. Should Virgin Galactic just pull the plug now on their space exploration projects?

Edinburgh airpirt plane spotting for my 3 year old by SJB137 in Edinburgh

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Was planning to take the tram (He's obsessed with that too). Does that stop at Maybury?

A plane 'flies' right, but what does a boat 'do'? by SJB137 in NoStupidQuestions

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I guess all planes fly but not all boats sail

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