How many MPG's are you getting?

[Night Vision]

"A 2006 study found that the average American walks about 900 miles a year.

Another study found that Americans drink an average of 22 gallons of beer a year.

That means, on average, Americans get about 41 miles per gallon."


your mileage will vary.... mine is considerably less  :o

[YellowJacket!]

I work in a large hospital and cover a lot of ground.  I used to wear a pedometer to work but got frustrated by its results.  I was walking, on average 8 to 12 miles per day!  My recorded record was 16 miles on a 12 hour shift.  I took great pains to properly clibrate my pedometer and it had a feature that eliminated abberant leg movement...meaning anything less than my average stride was not counted.
I found that I did the most walking in the Intensive Care Unit, a 31 bed (minus bed 13) unit that is 1/10th mile around.  I also wear out a pair of shoes about every three months.
Why was I frustrated by the results?  Well, a doctor told m it doesn't count as exercise since I'm not sustaining an elevated heart rate.  I told him the walking may not be keeping it up but the stress level sure as heck is. :o
Oh, and since I do so much walking, I unfortunaltely don't have enough time to drink beer.....now where can I get one of those big cups.....


David

[Lucky]

i threw $5 in the bike last week, it lasted me 3 days, i rode to work 13 miles each way & at 2.65/gal = about 1.8 gallons works out to about 40 mpg. ride to the dragon last year i got aout 53 mpg, but that was highway up & back, but including the reletivly low speed dragon.

fyi: 83 fuel system on my 82, Me77's, & valves adjusted a season & a half previously, everything else in good shape.

--Lucky

[h2olawyer]

Count me as one of the 'gallons per mile' types.   ;)

Didn't know Metzeler made shoes, Lucky.  Beer @ $2.65 / gal is pretty cheap stuff -- generic?   :D  I will ride after one beer (12 oz.) or two in three hours - can't imagine trying to ride 40 miles after drinking a gallon!

H₂O

[kiawrench]

i think i get about .5 miles per gallon,, of beer- 
with all of the drugs they have me on ,beer just ices the cake,

one beer ,in a frosty mug is all i need for fall over status. the half mile is most likely spent hitting the john too.

[Lucky]

ok, so i misread the post...

[Night Vision]

I wasn't going to say anything  8)

[h2olawyer]

Couldn't resist . . .  ;D

H₂O