Anaconda captured by cops!
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9ft is kinda small
Clearly not an experienced pilot. The Anaconda in the video had plenty of time to high-wake out of there, but just let the cop take it down.
I can't visualise how big it is in my head actually. Never used Imperial measurements before. Everytime I'm watching American TV shows or movies and they say "100 miles per hour" I just let my brain go to sleep and take it as "100 km/h", ok that's fast. Or when they say someone is "200 pounds", I take it as "200 kg" and go WHOA THAT IS FAT!
(yes I know the units don't convert like that. I'm just saying how I view it when watching movies or TV shows)
LOL
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Not too difficult to do the conversions. I live near the Canadian border and drive in Canada frequently. 100Km/h = 60mph so I just multiply whatever I see on the road sign times .6 as my eyes are too old to read the fine print on the speedometer, which actually has kmh on the dial but in much smaller font.
A meter is .9 yards - 3ft in a yard so a yard is roughly close to a meter, Therefore a 9ft. snake is about 3 meters.
100mph - add about 60% = 160kmh
I'm not going to ask how you passed the vision part of your driving test if you have difficulty reading the numbers on your speedometer. Are you supposed to wear corrective lenses when driving but don't for some reason?
Always used to laff in the 50's and 60's. racer in britain doing 80kph, which is 50mph. Thats the speed limit in half the side streets in Houston Texas.
I know.
As I said, I just let my brain go to sleep when watching TV or movies. I just take the figures as metric at face value
I used to get impressed when someone said they could see something as far away as 100ft. After conversion it's only like 30 metres... pfft. We train to shoot targets with iron sights (no scopes) up to 300 metres away.. at 30 metres I can even see the bullet holes.
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I drive in Canada a lot too and the Canadians are kind enough to make it easy for us. Since I drive in Canada AND suck at math, I've developed a few tricks for how to ballpark the conversion.
In city streets it's normal to have a maxiumum speed limit of 50km/h, and on highways, it's frequently 100km/h. These are the two easiest conversions to multiply by .6, yielding 30mph and 60mph respectively, so having them also be the two most common road postings is convenient and helpful.
Now when it comes to "ballparking it," it's easy to use those two landmarks (50/30 and 60/100) to approach other values. Adding or subtracting 5 mph for every 10 in difference from one or the other "milestones" will usually have you in the ballpark and with speed, the ballpark is fine. So for example, if the sign says "maximum 70," it's accurately 42, but you won't be pulled over for going 40 (30 +5 +5). Highway speeds of 110km/h mean you should be travelling at around 65mph. Since absolute accuracy is not required, ballparking it is both easy and close enough, especially if you round down.
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It's easy. divide pounds by 2.2 for KG. 60mph = 96km/h (about 100km/h). 100MPH = 160km/h.
I really hate dealing with inches though. How you yanks get along with 7 59/64 of an inch and the like, I'll never know. mm is so much more sensible...
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I know....
I know the conversion rates. I just don't do it when watching American movies and TV. It's funnier when you say someone's a lean 180 pounds and I go "180 is FAT".The average, normal weight here is 60kg, which is 130 odd pounds. Even at "180 pounds" he's already "fat".
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Hahahaha... Yeah... er... wait a minute... Since when did Britain switch to KPH???