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OK.

You people are crazy.

Actually you are the crazy one

Ron2K wrote:OK.

You people are crazy.

You say that after all the huggles we gave you? I r sad...

Thanks for the meet guys, really enjoyed it .

Ah but you are a nutter too

And I loved the hugs

Oh dear....

It's my boots :3

Looks like we missed a good deal of fun

You did, and great food too.

Wish you could have made it

Puppy, we will have another - neon had a wedding on today, but he wants to join!
Tribbs thats a nice one of Syko...

Was great fun, and good food. Some awesome twisty roads as well

Thanks a bunch guys and girls.

yeah windy windy roads at 170 km... just so sad that the back seat drivers were such sissies!

SykomantiS wrote:Was great fun, and good food. Some awesome twisty roads as well

Thanks a bunch guys and girls.

Windy roads I love those. There is actually a lovely stretch of road in Glenvista going towards Builders Warehouse filled with flowing S bends and a few sharp corners, with a steep drop just before one of them......

i took Syko on a fine number of roads... he cannot complain

Must have been really cool.....who were said back seat drivers?

a pile of sissies... as i said

I wonder who the "pile of sissies" could be

jee wrote:yeah windy windy roads at 170 km... just so sad that the back seat drivers were such sissies!

Oi! I did not say a single word of complaint!

THE_STIG wrote:I wonder who the "pile of sissies" could be

Ron2K wrote:

THE_STIG wrote:I wonder who the "pile of sissies" could be

Hmm I am sure that Syko and I would cut about 8 hours out of a trip from here to Capetown

jee wrote:Hmm I am sure that Syko and I would cut about 8 hours out of a trip from here to Capetown

Hmm... let's test that.

Between your home in the Misty Mountains and my flat under Cape Town's big piece of rock, the distance is 1,553 km. Now, let's say that a typical driver keeping at the speed limit (i.e. me) would average around 95 km/h (which my car told me I did) over the entire trip (note: the average was influenced by things like 80 km/h down Van Reenen's Pass, 90 km/h through the Huguenot Tunnel, 60 km/h through dorps such as Laingsburg and Beaufort West, getting stuck behind heavies while waiting for the oncoming traffic, roadworks, and so forth...), it would take you 16 hours and 21 minutes to drive that. Add in 3 hours for stops to keep everyone well fed (and to relieve the Kitten of her motion sickness) and you'd get 19 hours and 21 minutes. (Google Maps claims 19 hours and 6 minutes, so I'm not far off here!)

Now, excluding the time spent at 1-Stops/Ultra Cities/Bloemfontein University running errands for the Kitten/etc., a subtraction of 8 hours means a driving time of 8 hours and 21 minutes, and to do 1,553 km in that time, you would need to average 186 km/h. Note that you won't be able to sustain this speed over the entire distance (i.e. you'd go over the cliffs at Van Reenen's, you WILL be stuck behind something doing 90 km/h in the tunnel), so to make up that lost time, you'd probably need to sustain 220-240 km/h on some sections (theoretically possible; I had the entire N1 to myself between Three Sisters and Colesberg - in both directions - and that section is generally straight and flat).

Now, most cars aren't capable of hitting such speeds, let alone sustaining it. You'd need a high performance car (such as a high-end Audi/BMW/Merc) or WiK1D's set of two wheels to do that - which tannie jee most certainly does not have (KK keeps on mentioning that her mother's car is about to fall apart, or something like that!). Yes, jee does drive like a bat out of hell, but even she would be limited by the machinery at her disposal.

Conclusion: not going to happen. QED.

Yes, even my own mother calls me Sheldon sometimes...

oi Sheldon!! jee would not be driving her own car... she would be driving Syko's Blitz Mobile....

While you were sleeping for 8 hours, and stuffing your face a the breakfast table, I'd let jee drive
There you go, 10+ hours cut from your trip time, since you neglected stop over time, Wallowitz

Ronny playing dead hoping the girl will stop hugging him...



Did not work...

Yeah the tribblets want to know if they are dating

Oh and the tribblets and I will be coming to Gateway on Tuesday if any of you are brave enough. We want to play in that wonderful playroom