A 2006 study found that the average American walks about 900 miles a year.
Another recent study found that Americans drink an average of 22 gallons of beer a year.
That means, on average, Americans get about 41 miles per gallon.
Not Bad.
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By my calculations, I averaged 821.25 gallons of beer a year ... ... ... which equals to 1.09 miles to the gallon for me ... @900 mi a year ...
Wow, ... ... ... that means i'm getting 900 mi a year free now huh ??? ...
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-- Edited by Pythonpappy on Thursday 19th of July 2012 09:23:12 PM
Don't forget about the ice cream, Pappy. How many gallons to you consume a year? Well? I, on the other hand, consume enough ice cream for the both of us. Still skinny though.
I'm afraid when I was in my active drinking times, I didn't have much room for ice cream ... or much food either for that matter ... Just by getting sober, I gained 20 lbs my first year ... That was pretty much okay until I stopped smoking ... then I added another 20 - 25 lbs ... now I need to decide what to do with them ... LOL
If anyone is curious about my calculations, just do the math based on a case of beer a day X 365 days in a year ... ... do the ounces per case, then divide the ounces in a gallon into that, then multiply times 365 ... Don't you even dare to tell me how much money that equals to ... ... ... I already know ... ... ... :(
-- Edited by Pythonpappy on Saturday 21st of July 2012 10:33:10 AM
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'Those who leave everything in God's hand will eventually see God's hand in everything.'
I can tell you I'd be a very rich man if I had the money I spent on alcohol during my lifetime ... I drank from age 20 to 55 ... the last fifteen, very heavy ... one rehab I went to, they had us sit down and put it down on paper and figure it up .... lets just say mine went to the hundreds of thousands ... then you add the lost wages, destroyed property, etc. ... ... Not a pretty site to see when you add it all up ... not to mention it was costing me my very 'soul' ...
Hey, this Diophantus dude should have changed his name .... his name sounds like something you need medicine for ...
Did I tell you that we had to use a "Slide Rule" in both high school and college ??? .... .... .... Why? ... .... cause there were NO calculators back then ... Ha! (early seventies, HP came out with a very thick handheld calculator that cost $200 ... no scientific calculations either ... just plane math functions ...)(LED instead of LCD ... ate batteries like crazy ...) There's your history for the night ... HeeHee
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Yeah, he should change his name. When I think it in my head, I pronounce it Dionysus... Which is practically the opposite of Diophantus.
Dionysus is the god of wine and drunken revelry in Greek mythology. He is a patron of the theater and an agricultural/fertility god. He was sometimes at the heart of frenzied madness that led to savage murder. Writers often contrast Dionysus with his half-brother Apollo. Where Apollo personifies the cerebral aspects of mankind, Dionysus represents the libido and gratification.
Diophantus, buzz kill. Dionysus, life of the party lol
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