June 27th, 2005

Do The Math

I played another round of Saturday Morning Golf this weekend at Currie Park in Wauwatosa. I lost my sunglasses during the round. My eyes are terribly light-sensitive, and I wear the shades pretty much year-round. The course at Currie Park is approximately 6,500 yards long. I'll estimate an average of 30 yards wide, plus another 750 yards from each green to the next tee. That all adds up to 202,000 square yards. My glasses are about 7 inches across, maybe 2 inches top to bottom - 0.0389 square yards, to keep things in perspective. That means my glasses are equal to about .000000192% of the course. It was a busy day, so I'll estimate that there were an average of ...

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