[Elecraft] Joke status wasn't wasted on me 😂

[Rose]

On Thu, Jul 16, 2020, 16:59 Fred Jensen <k6dgw at foothill.net> wrote:

> Yes, I too have a math degree and the mean population density of
> California is ~98/sq km and yes, all the people in CA could stand well
> more than 1 m apart and no one would need scuba tanks or find themselves
> in Nevada [or Oregon or Arizona or Baja California].  I made it up ...
> it was intended as a joke.  It's a good thing I ended up supporting my
> family with math and engineering degrees since I don't hold a degree in
> comedy and apparently  I suck at it. [:=)
>
> 73,
> Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
> Sparks NV DM09dn
> Washoe County
>
> On 7/16/2020 3:14 PM, Joseph Shuman via Elecraft wrote:
> > Not waiting on a K4, got my KX2 and perfectly happy.  Also, off topic
> and not intended to besmirch anyone, but being a math geek in a math geeky
> hobby . . .
> >
> > “The population density in California is high ... high enough that if
> everyone stood 1 meter from everyone else, some would be standing in Nevada
> and some in the Pacific Ocean.”
> >
> > Check your math.  World population is about 8 Billion.  Give everyone a
> Covid distance of two meters, or four square meters per person.  That gives
> us 32 billion square meters to socially distance the world population.
> California is about 424 billion square meters.  Plenty of room for
> everybody!
> >
> > Keeping Watch-
> > shu
> >
> > Joe Shuman, KE8KJZ
> >
>
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