On Fri Apr-05-2013 11:27, Roy Witt (1:387/22) wrote to Roger Nelson:   
      
    RN> Mot sure what you mean by that, but it isn't important.   
      
    RW> Torque moves objects...HP is derived from a torque reading.   
      
   Yes, but if I'm not careful in pressing the gas pedal, I'll be thrown into the   
   back seat (not literally).   
      
    RN>> Because anyone going north to south is going downhill.  (-:0   
      
    RW>> Not exactly. If your north starting place was on a plateau and you   
    RW>> were going south, that might be down hill.   
      
   Yes, exactly.   
      
    RN> There are no plateaus in Louisiana.  (-:  West Texas, maybe.   
      
    RW> Central Texas...where I live is the very eastern edge of what is   
    RW> known here as the 'Hill Country'. I live in an area also known as   
    RW> South Central Texas...Driving south out of Dallas/FW area at first   
    RW> you go up hill, then it's down hill from there. D/FW is farther   
    RW> east than San Antonio. Houston is farther north and east of SA. San   
    RW> Antonio is farther south than NO...    
      
   I've only been to four cities iun Texas (Baytown, Dallas, Fort Worth,   
   Houston), but have been through more and no farther west.   
      
    RW> But, you're never going to be at or near sea level until you get to   
    RW> Corpus...   
      
   Or New Orleans.  (-:   
      
    RN>   Through no fault of mine, I haven't been that far west.  Had I been   
    RN> single at the time, I would have gone to the California coast just to   
    RN> experience the lack of humidity.   
      
    RW> You don't have to go that far. SC Texas has no humidity, unless   
    RW> there is an offshore flow from the Gulf. You can be outside in the   
    RW> afternoon here and the temps may be 95F, but you won't feel it   
    RW> until the humidty reaches over 90% or more. That's pretty rare, as   
    RW> usually there is a breeze out of the north blowing off shore.   
      
   There's another reason I didn't mention.  I've only seen the Pacific Ocean in   
   pictures.  A couple of years from now, if not sooner, I'm going to take a trip   
   to Las Vegas and from there go to see the Grand Canyon.  My only regret will   
   be I won't be able to ride a horse while there.   
      
    RW>> But just heading south from north isn't going down hill.   
      
    RN> Yes, it is.  Think about the differences in sea level.   
      
    RW> There is no difference here. There isn't any difference until you   
    RW> get to the tip of South America, where the Atlantic and Pacific   
    RW> meet. Of course this isn't the only place you can experience   
    RW> different ocean levels. This is why there are locks in the Panama   
    RW> Canal, so that ships can meet the levels of both oceans as they   
    RW> head west or east.   
      
   What a tangent!  (-:  Make that northwest and southeast.   
      
    RN>> An example is when we visit relatives every other week in north   
    RN>> Louisiana. The time to get there, since we're traveling south to   
    RN>> north, is greater than the return home time.  Try it yourself.  I'll   
    RN>> bet you notice the difference.   
      
    RW>> I've driven from here to Illinois and back. There is no   
    RW>> difference...   
      
   I find that difficult to believe and since this didn't come up before you made   
   the trip, you naturally wouldn't notice since you wouldn't have had that on   
   your mind.   
      
    RN> Did you average the same speed going and coming and not notice the   
    RN> difference?   
      
    RW> Same speed, same roads...I've tried several different routes and   
    RW> they all work out the same.   
      
   See above.   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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