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People ask me to describe myself. I prefer data. Below is the data. Units are SI except where the United States has made that impossible. Values are measured unless marked "est." Tolerances are generous. |
| Quantity | Value | Remarks |
| Age | 41 yr (1.29 × 109 s) |
Warranty expired. |
| Height | 1.74 m | Unchanged since 1976. My hair has not been so disciplined. |
| Hair coverage | 70% (est.) | Declining approx. 2% per year. Linear model. I have been asked not to extrapolate at dinner. |
| Mass | 79 kg | Target set by wife: 75 kg. Her control authority over the snack cupboard: total. |
| Location | 34.7° N 86.6° W |
Huntsville, Alabama. Resident 12 years. Summer humidity at dawn often exceeds 90%. I no longer measure it. It is unkind to the instrument. |
| Occupation | 1 aerospace engineer | Components I have worked on that have flown: 3. Times I have flown with them: 0. |
| Commute | 14.2 km 18 min |
Each way. 11 traffic signals. Mean number red: 7. Logged since 1994. Nobody has asked to see the log. |
| Chai | 4 cups/day (~0.8 L) |
With ginger and cardamom. Office coffee consumed: 0 cups. This is by design. |
| Years married | 14 | To Sunita. Of the two of us, she is the more reliable system. |
| Children | 2 | Ages 11 and 8. An integer quantity. No rounding permitted. Combined noise output not yet within specification. |
| Home computer | 400 MHz 64 MB RAM |
Pentium II. My share of usage: 20%. The remainder is allocated to the children by a process I was not consulted on. |
| Modem | 56 kbps rated 44 kbps actual |
Like most of us, it does not perform to its brochure. |
| Distance to my mother | 13,700 km | Great-circle, Huntsville to Pune. When I speak to her I say 13,000 km. It sounds closer. |
| Time difference to my mother | 10.5 h (summer) 11.5 h (winter) |
India does not observe daylight saving time. My mother regards this as our problem. |
| Telephone calls to my mother | 1 per week 40 min |
Sunday evening, her Monday morning. Of the 40 minutes, approx. 12 concern whether I am eating. |
| Days to 1 January 2000 | 103 | As of last update. Home computer tested: compliant. Toaster: not tested. Not concerned. |
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Quantities not listed There is one. It is the feeling on Sunday night after I put the telephone down and the house is quiet. I have tried several methods. I do not have an instrument for it. I will keep working on it. |
