This Thanksgiving, Geezer is giving thanks to Google, which makes it possible for him to learn anew what he wrote about last Thanksgiving, and the Thanksgiving before that, et cetera.. Then he can tack on a new lede that amuses him no end, and cut and paste. Life is good.
Geezer was surprised to learn that he had already done the math to calculate
how many hours a 160 pound man would have to walk to burn the calories normally consumed with a Thanksgiving meal. According to this handy calories burned chart, walking burns just under 8 calories a minute (active sex burns 5.6–no word yet on passive sex). And according to this discouraging Thanksgiving calorie counter, a typical Thanksgiving meal delivers 4,575 calories. Yes Virginia, the numbers are discouraging. If you start walking at 7p.m., you will burn the last of your Thanksgiving related calories just before sunrise, about 5 a.m, by which time the inlaws may be gone.
Geezer suggests that we all give thanks to GORP, for their state-by-state directory of scenic hikes.
Shouldn’t you subtract the calories you would have eaten anyway on a regular Thursday? Maybe that would let you get to bed about 3 or 4am.