What have YOU been up to since 1977?

ChrisGreaves · Post by **ChrisGreaves** » 14 Dec 2010, 18:18

Toronto Star
"LOS ANGELES, CALIF.â€”NASA's long-running Voyager 1 spacecraft is barrelling its way toward the edge of the solar system."

Post by **HansV** » 14 Dec 2010, 18:43

> What have YOU been up to since 1977?

I have moved approximately 1 mile westward.

viking33 · Post by **viking33** » 14 Dec 2010, 19:25

HansV wrote:> What have YOU been up to since 1977?

I have moved approximately 1 mile westward.

I've been in stationary orbit.

ChrisGreaves · Post by **ChrisGreaves** » 14 Dec 2010, 20:47

HansV wrote:I have moved approximately 1 mile westward.

You're as bad as me. In 2005 I completed a circumnavigation of the globe which I began in 1956. In 1977 I threw a six and started off again in the UK.

garbsmj · Post by **garbsmj** » 14 Dec 2010, 21:05

You really don't want to know, do you? Geographically, about 1500 miles.

ChrisGreaves · Post by **ChrisGreaves** » 14 Dec 2010, 22:42

garbsmj wrote:You really don't want to know, do you? Geographically, about 1500 miles.

So, assuming a distance of desk-to-fridge of about 20 feet, that works out to something of the order of 21 snacks/day?

aekyall · Post by **aekyall** » 14 Dec 2010, 23:38

ChrisGreaves wrote:Toronto Star
"LOS ANGELES, CALIF.â€”NASA's long-running Voyager 1 spacecraft is barrelling its way toward the edge of the solar system."

That NASA is still able to communicate with Voyager over such phenomenal distances says much for their expertiese! Any mathematicians out there who can work out just how long it takes for messages to reach Voyager (186,000 miles per second times 10 billion miles =

Doh!!!) - and then come back!!!!

ChrisGreaves · Post by **ChrisGreaves** » 14 Dec 2010, 23:53

aekyall wrote:... how long it takes for messages to reach Voyager (186,000 miles per second times 10 billion miles = Doh!!!) - and then come back!!!!

About 14 hours.
Each way.
Which is possibly pretty close to the average response time to posts in Eileen's lounge.

jonwallace · Post by **jonwallace** » 15 Dec 2010, 00:00

aekyall wrote: That NASA is still able to communicate with Voyager over such phenomenal distances says much for their expertiese!

I'm really impressed, it took me a fortnight to get my son's new address in Edinburgh and he's only 59 miles away and forget about the other one in Mintlaw (103 miles)

Bigaldoc · Post by **Bigaldoc** » 15 Dec 2010, 00:22

ChrisGreaves wrote:Which is possibly pretty close to the average response time to posts in Eileen's lounge.

You've gotta be kidding' huh? With nimble fingered "you know who" answering most questions?

Claude · Post by **Claude** » 15 Dec 2010, 00:31

I stayed at home, BUT

, I've upgraded to MS-DOS 6 a while back !

ChrisGreaves · Post by **ChrisGreaves** » 15 Dec 2010, 00:53

Bigaldoc wrote:With nimble fingered "you know who" answering most questions?

I was excluding Alien life forms.

Post by **HansV** » 15 Dec 2010, 01:02

Oh dear - the secret's out...

Alien.gif

Bowlie · Post by **Bowlie** » 15 Dec 2010, 10:19

garbsmj wrote:Geographically, about 1500 miles.

Closer to 8,500kms in my case, but I betcha

has us all beat at 16,700km! (I'm guessing Payerne was the closest airport)

Claude · Post by **Claude** » 15 Dec 2010, 10:46

Good guess Bowlie, alas, I'm disqualified: I emigrated in 1971!

Argus · Post by **Argus** » 15 Dec 2010, 12:11

>What have YOU been up to since 1977?

Waiting for this thread.

And not moving at 17 kilometres per second,

but perhaps per year, or a bit less.

stuck · Post by **stuck** » 15 Dec 2010, 13:18

Let's see, since '77, life's been a bit up & down...
* went to uni (moved down south)
* got a job (returned Up North)
* went to another uni (stayed Up North)
* got another job (went down south, further than before)
* got married
* went back to first uni (a move up north but not back Up North)
* got another job
* became a father
* job relocated (moved back Up North)

Most recently, I found myself temporarily relocated to mainland Europe, due to a certain v

o

Ken

ChrisGreaves · Post by **ChrisGreaves** » 15 Dec 2010, 16:39

Bowlie wrote:but I betcha has us all beat at 16,700km!

Hey!
How'dja do those maps?
I want some ...
(Please!)

ChrisGreaves · Post by **ChrisGreaves** » 15 Dec 2010, 16:41

stuck wrote:Let's see, since '77, life's been a bit up & down...

Thanks Ken.
I note with increasing concern that you didn't identify which events could be considered as "up" and which could be considered as "down".

Post by **Leif** » 15 Dec 2010, 16:44

ChrisGreaves wrote:I note that you didn't identify which events could be considered as "up" and which could be considered as "down".

Chris, I think Ken hid some clues in what he wrote, e.g.
* went to uni (moved down south)
could be considered 'down' and
* got a job (returned Up North)
could be considered 'up'.

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