Lesse, If this thing takes like a score of days, say, well need 4 cups a day for each member of water, times 8 members, thats 32 cups per day, times 20 days, thats 640 cups, divided by 2 cups in a pint is 340, divided by 2 pints in a qart is 170, divided by 4 quarts in a gallon is 43, so 43 gallons for the 8 of us, and say theres oh 48 other crewbeasts, thats 43 times 8 which is 344 gallons of water for the whole crew, and say theres about 40 gallons in each barrel, so thats about 8.6 barrels, so, including the deck washing water, plus any other use of it, thats about 9 barrels. hope that helps.yther -- Sampetra Quest Board

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Date Posted: 21:11:00 06/19/01 Tue
Author: Syther
Subject: Lesse, If this thing takes like a score of days, say, well need 4 cups a day for each member of water, times 8 members, thats 32 cups per day, times 20 days, thats 640 cups, divided by 2 cups in a pint is 340, divided by 2 pints in a qart is 170, divided by 4 quarts in a gallon is 43, so 43 gallons for the 8 of us, and say theres oh 48 other crewbeasts, thats 43 times 8 which is 344 gallons of water for the whole crew, and say theres about 40 gallons in each barrel, so thats about 8.6 barrels, so, including the deck washing water, plus any other use of it, thats about 9 barrels. hope that helps.yther
In reply to: Romy 's message, "Quest?" on 18:38:01 06/18/01 Mon

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[> *Gapes at the mathmatical genious* Oh...my...lordy...yer too bright, yer is!*Passes out and falls on the ground* -- Romy, 22:46:05 06/19/01 Tue

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[> [> what if the trip takes more than 20 days i mean this place could be 20000 miles away and a ship can go what 20 MPH then we go that speed all day we get 480 miles a daythen it takes 41.6 days and were nine and a half barrels short -- Slateback, 19:08:49 06/20/01 Wed

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