I wondered today, “Where is the tea I ordered from Harney and Sons on the 6th?” Checking the delivery status of my order, I saw it’s coming USPS package service on the 20th. Huh. I looked it up on Google maps. Using the “how long would it take if I were walking?” option, it turns out it’s nine days and one hour from Milford, CT, to our house in Raleigh, NC. If we add in eight instances of needing to sleep for eight hours (64 hours, which is two days and 16 hours), we get 11 days and 17 hours. Really? 😳 Twelve days from the 6th is the 18th! It’s coming MONDAY and I could have walked it here by SATURDAY? Really? 🤔🙄
UPDATED!!
This gets even better. After I posted this, I thought, “Maybe I should check the math. That might be based on an erroneous assumption about how quickly a person can walk.” After all, I’ve had AI make a few errors before. Imagine my surprise…it’s 590 miles, according to Google Maps, and that’s 217 hours of walking. It’s…[smashes buttons on his calculator]…OMG! It’s only 2.72 miles per hour!! Are you kidding me? I’m old, I have bunions on both feet, and my right ankle has collapsed to the point of fraying a ligament, and I can walk faster than that. I’m pretty sure I could keep up that pace for those 16 hours/day, too, with a modicum of prep.
all the voices in my head 