Tony Grist (poliphilo) wrote,
Tony Grist
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Useless Information

I discovered the other day that our car's built-in satnav registers height as well as distance- and watched the figure rise and fall and rise again as we bounced along the hilly stretch of country road between the Kippings Cross roundabout and home. I now know that our garage is precisely 407 feet above sea level.

Which is much higher than I'd have guessed.
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