On Fri Apr-05-2013 11:27, Roy Witt (1:387/22) wrote to Roger Nelson:

 RN> Mot sure what you mean by that, but it isn't important.

 RW> Torque moves objects...HP is derived from a torque reading.

Yes, but if I'm not careful in pressing the gas pedal, I'll be thrown into the
back seat (not literally).

 RN>> Because anyone going north to south is going downhill.  (-:0

 RW>> Not exactly. If your north starting place was on a plateau and you
 RW>> were going south, that might be down hill.

Yes, exactly.

 RN> There are no plateaus in Louisiana.  (-:  West Texas, maybe.

 RW> Central Texas...where I live is the very eastern edge of what is
 RW> known here as the 'Hill Country'. I live in an area also known as
 RW> South Central Texas...Driving south out of Dallas/FW area at first
 RW> you go up hill, then it's down hill from there. D/FW is farther
 RW> east than San Antonio. Houston is farther north and east of SA. San
 RW> Antonio is farther south than NO... 

I've only been to four cities iun Texas (Baytown, Dallas, Fort Worth,
Houston), but have been through more and no farther west.

 RW> But, you're never going to be at or near sea level until you get to
 RW> Corpus...

Or New Orleans.  (-:

 RN>   Through no fault of mine, I haven't been that far west.  Had I been
 RN> single at the time, I would have gone to the California coast just to
 RN> experience the lack of humidity.

 RW> You don't have to go that far. SC Texas has no humidity, unless
 RW> there is an offshore flow from the Gulf. You can be outside in the
 RW> afternoon here and the temps may be 95F, but you won't feel it
 RW> until the humidty reaches over 90% or more. That's pretty rare, as
 RW> usually there is a breeze out of the north blowing off shore.

There's another reason I didn't mention.  I've only seen the Pacific Ocean in
pictures.  A couple of years from now, if not sooner, I'm going to take a trip
to Las Vegas and from there go to see the Grand Canyon.  My only regret will
be I won't be able to ride a horse while there.

 RW>> But just heading south from north isn't going down hill.

 RN> Yes, it is.  Think about the differences in sea level.

 RW> There is no difference here. There isn't any difference until you
 RW> get to the tip of South America, where the Atlantic and Pacific
 RW> meet. Of course this isn't the only place you can experience
 RW> different ocean levels. This is why there are locks in the Panama
 RW> Canal, so that ships can meet the levels of both oceans as they
 RW> head west or east.

What a tangent!  (-:  Make that northwest and southeast.

 RN>> An example is when we visit relatives every other week in north
 RN>> Louisiana. The time to get there, since we're traveling south to
 RN>> north, is greater than the return home time.  Try it yourself.  I'll
 RN>> bet you notice the difference.

 RW>> I've driven from here to Illinois and back. There is no
 RW>> difference...

I find that difficult to believe and since this didn't come up before you made
the trip, you naturally wouldn't notice since you wouldn't have had that on
your mind.

 RN> Did you average the same speed going and coming and not notice the
 RN> difference?

 RW> Same speed, same roads...I've tried several different routes and
 RW> they all work out the same.

See above.


Regards,

Roger 
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