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[scriver]

Sorry, Swedish miles, which are 10 km. Roughly... 37 mile miles.

[hector13]

... why?

[ChairmanPoo]

Itīs the latitude. In Sweden days are longer  during summer. Historical vikings sailed mostly during summer (due to icebergs), and a mile was regarded as the distance travelled in half a day (in old Norse mile is written as "MIL", and the etymology comes from "meal", aka, the distance you travel before having lunch at noon). Since the time to noon, and consequently the distance, was longer than their Norman cousins down south, Swedish miles are consequently longer

[JoshuaFH]

Sorry, Swedish miles, which are 10 km. Roughly... 37 mile miles.

Oh, in that case grab some popcorn and go drive right up to it. It'll be fiiiine.

[Reelya]

We should rework all the measurement systems to be clean multiples of Planck units. Then you have nice things like the speed of light in your usual measurement system being exactly 10^9 distance / time, because it just is.

[scriver]

... why?

Why not?

Sorry, Swedish miles, which are 10 km. Roughly... 37 mile miles.

Oh, in that case grab some popcorn and go drive right up to it. It'll be fiiiine.

Well I'm a little worried because that is the closest I've ever had a forest fire to me, and I don't rightly now how far or fast they can spread. And Sweden is currently a stack of tinder on top of a powder keg.

[Dunamisdeos]

I know when we had them up around the Pine Barrens in NJ the local news would let us know if it was time to go.

[Maximum Spin]

Itīs the latitude. In Sweden days are longer  during summer. Historical vikings sailed mostly during summer (due to icebergs), and a mile was regarded as the distance travelled in half a day (in old Norse mile is written as "MIL", and the etymology comes from "meal", aka, the distance you travel before having lunch at noon). Since the time to noon, and consequently the distance, was longer than their Norman cousins down south, Swedish miles are consequently longer

I can't tell whether this is a joke or someone actually told you this once.

But it isn't true.

[Kagus]

Itīs the latitude. In Sweden days are longer  during summer. Historical vikings sailed mostly during summer (due to icebergs), and a mile was regarded as the distance travelled in half a day (in old Norse mile is written as "MIL", and the etymology comes from "meal", aka, the distance you travel before having lunch at noon). Since the time to noon, and consequently the distance, was longer than their Norman cousins down south, Swedish miles are consequently longer

I can't tell whether this is a joke or someone actually told you this once.

But it isn't true.

Someone actually told me a joke once. Does that make it true?

[Maximum Spin]

Someone actually told me a joke once. Does that make it true?

Yes, obviously.

[Hotfire90]

Wrong thread, nevermind.

[MrRoboto75]

Itīs the latitude. In Sweden days are longer  during summer. Historical vikings sailed mostly during summer (due to icebergs), and a mile was regarded as the distance travelled in half a day (in old Norse mile is written as "MIL", and the etymology comes from "meal", aka, the distance you travel before having lunch at noon). Since the time to noon, and consequently the distance, was longer than their Norman cousins down south, Swedish miles are consequently longer

I can't tell whether this is a joke or someone actually told you this once.

But it isn't true.

Someone actually told me a joke once. Does that make it true?

Somebody once told me the world was going to roll me

[helmacon]

Itīs the latitude. In Sweden days are longer  during summer. Historical vikings sailed mostly during summer (due to icebergs), and a mile was regarded as the distance travelled in half a day (in old Norse mile is written as "MIL", and the etymology comes from "meal", aka, the distance you travel before having lunch at noon). Since the time to noon, and consequently the distance, was longer than their Norman cousins down south, Swedish miles are consequently longer

I can't tell whether this is a joke or someone actually told you this once.

But it isn't true.

Someone actually told me a joke once. Does that make it true?

Somebody once told me the world was going to roll me

I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed.

[bloop_bleep]

Itīs the latitude. In Sweden days are longer  during summer. Historical vikings sailed mostly during summer (due to icebergs), and a mile was regarded as the distance travelled in half a day (in old Norse mile is written as "MIL", and the etymology comes from "meal", aka, the distance you travel before having lunch at noon). Since the time to noon, and consequently the distance, was longer than their Norman cousins down south, Swedish miles are consequently longer

I can't tell whether this is a joke or someone actually told you this once.

But it isn't true.

Someone actually told me a joke once. Does that make it true?

Somebody once told me the world was going to roll me

I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed.

She was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her thumb

[scourge728]

Itīs the latitude. In Sweden days are longer  during summer. Historical vikings sailed mostly during summer (due to icebergs), and a mile was regarded as the distance travelled in half a day (in old Norse mile is written as "MIL", and the etymology comes from "meal", aka, the distance you travel before having lunch at noon). Since the time to noon, and consequently the distance, was longer than their Norman cousins down south, Swedish miles are consequently longer

I can't tell whether this is a joke or someone actually told you this once.

But it isn't true.

Someone actually told me a joke once. Does that make it true?

Somebody once told me the world was going to roll me

I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed.

She was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her thumb

In the shape of an L, on her forehead