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[Eddy_t]

As to gaining/losing 1,000ft - if you live in the fells or valleys, a 1,000ft isn't much. Years ago I had a bored morning and employed myself in the task of find out my actual altitude at birth. I got it wrong by 10ft, as I later found out the delivery-room was on the ground floor and not the first. So my actual birth altitude was 950ft. And before some bright spark says, "What about the bed..." I took the trouble to find out the internal dimensions of the hospital, the average height of NHS beds and thickness of mattresses at that time and also the average height of delivery equipment in general use at that time. And this was before the Internet age.

 

As I said... I was bored and needed something to occupy my mind.

 

You had far too much time on your hands!

 

 

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[Garyjp]

As to gaining/losing 1,000ft - if you live in the fells or valleys, a 1,000ft isn't much. Years ago I had a bored morning and employed myself in the task of find out my actual altitude at birth. I got it wrong by 10ft, as I later found out the delivery-room was on the ground floor and not the first. So my actual birth altitude was 950ft. And before some bright spark says, "What about the bed..." I took the trouble to find out the internal dimensions of the hospital, the average height of NHS beds and thickness of mattresses at that time and also the average height of delivery equipment in general use at that time. And this was before the Internet age.

 

As I said... I was bored and needed something to occupy my mind.

 

I remember being bored like that a few times... Unfortunately i didnt have a nice brain teaser like that to work on, i ended up having to talk to the missus lol

 

 

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