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"Schoonertrash" wrote in message
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Sheesh . . didn't we do this thread a couple of years ago. I think a
couple
of our intellectual wannabes got into it over how base eight works. Or
was
it over something else? Always something.

Let's see . . .if a 60,000 ton dwt freighter with crew of 31 and with
100,000 imperial gallons of fuel travels 12,396 nautical miles against an
average head current of 1/2 knot and burns approximately 500 liters of
fuel
per hour at an average speed of 22.4 (GPS) leaving Hong Kong and traveling
westerly to Quebec what time, adjusted for zones did they leave if it took
them 27 days to transit the Panama Canal? Bonus Question when did the
lettuce and icecream run out? Give answer in base eight of course.

MST