Tim Worstall

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• 1 Dave // Nov 19, 2012 at 11:01 am

  If she navigates anything like my mum, driving 6,000 miles to get from New York to LA is nothing.

• 2 So Much For Subtlety // Nov 19, 2012 at 11:11 am

  Driving in an RV, it may not be 6,000 miles, but it sure feels like it.

• 3 MakajazMonkee // Nov 19, 2012 at 11:34 am

  @ Dave LOL 0r if she navigates anything like my ex,

  “But the map says the road is supposed to be green?”

• 4 John Price // Nov 19, 2012 at 1:07 pm

  Must have gone the pretty way.

• 5 Ken // Nov 19, 2012 at 3:54 pm

  Actually if she meant the round trip driving distance, it’s not wrong – it’s 2,781 miles one way:

  http://www.travelmath.com/drive-distance/from/New+York,+NY/to/Los+Angeles,+CA

  (Note this is different from the flight distance)

• 6 Tractor Gent // Nov 19, 2012 at 10:45 pm

  In an RV, I wouldn’t be going the short way – for that you want a Pontiac GTO & a pocketful of bennies:)

  On Google Maps I worked out the distance from St Louis MO to Portland OR following roughly the route of Lewis & Clarke (hopefully a future excursion), and it came to about 3000 miles. With diversions into the Black Hills SD, Yellowstone, Mt St Helens it’ll rapidly approach 4000 miles. I know it’s not NY->LA but you get the idea.

• 7 Gene Berman // Nov 21, 2012 at 12:00 am

  Tractor Gent:

  Lewis’ expedition carried a ration that included 9 lbs of meat per day per man. For a variety of reasons, they ran out of grub and ate horses and dogs (which were ok) and rabbhit, salmon, and elk (which they didn’t care for).

  Lewis had a slave–a servant to whom he’d promised manumission for many years. When bugged about it by the guy, he reportedly told him: “I just can’t bear to free you–you’re the only friend I’ve got !”

  He ended up a suicide, using two pistols to put bullets through his brain and his heart.

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