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Then one day, there's a 50kmh headwind on your way home... (Assuming a perfectly spherical cow of uniform density, if you drop the assumed 100kmh cruising spee

Then one day, there's a 50kmh headwind on your way home... (Assuming a perfectly spherical cow of uniform density, if you drop the assumed 100kmh cruising speed down to 75kmh, giving an airspeed of 125kmh and a trip time of 2hr 40m at your ground speed of 75kmh, you'll run out of fuel precisely between the two most inconveniently placed gas stations at the bottom of a hill in both directions...)

GoToRO 7y ago
Then what you would do, you would wait on the side of the road with the hood up and wait for somebody to stop and ask for gas. All drivers had empty recipients and a hose to pull gas out. You would make new friends. Drivers were much more understanding and helpful in those times. I don't say it was easy. I was just the way it was.