Re: walking

On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 17:56:42 +0100, gertie@grumbles wrote:

>In article <pb7sg15pr6do9uhoulhs784vueifl87632@xxxxxxx>, tuppence

>> On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 18:38:03 +0100, gertie@grumbles a gribouillé

>> >Kept saying I had walked about 6 km and I'd be surprised if that
>> >wasn't three times what I really walked.
>
>> Had you been drinking? Three steps forwards and two steps back
>> perhaps?
>
>It rattles when I walk. One step gets about three rattles!!

My pedometer also rattles when I walk. It also lies. But it lies in
the other direction; it reports anything between 0 and 100% of my
steps. I don't rely on it any more. I count my steps personally,
using fingers to record the hundreds. I have a few "landmarks" whose
distance from my home I know, so I don't have to count all the time.
I can even say "Good morning" to people without losing count, but a
proper conversation would destroy the count.

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Liz
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