> Aside: I am intentionally sticking with U. S. customary units of pounds, miles, etc., to be consistent with much of the related literature. Add to that the r

> Aside: I am intentionally sticking with U. S. customary units of pounds, miles, etc., to be consistent with much of the related literature. Add to that the ridiculous habit of shortening "kilocalorie" to "calorie" when talking to humble folk without temptation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calorie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calorie (yeah, the wikipedia article makes it even more ridiculous with its "small"/"large" calorie language, somewhat in the vein of "up goer five").