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Yai | 19:00 Fri 19th Dec 2003 | How it Works
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How do Pedometers work ?
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You ajust them to the length of your stride and they calaulate the distance from the number of jolts they get (ie steps you take)
22:44 Sat 20th Dec 2003
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Not necessarily for walking though....read on.! I saw a movie about 10years ago with a storyline of a thrifty/miserly family. They wife was absolutely obsessed with not spending money and saving money... anyway the wife had one of these "pedometeres" strapped to her thigh with a garter when the hubbie was thrusting away. He had to pay her a certain amount per "Jolt" as shown on the pedometer. BTW it was a comedy.
11:42 Mon 22nd Dec 2003
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As classy has already mentioned, before you start you imput your stride length for a particular activity (walking or running) as these vary. I think they work on a mercury switch which, when the "jolt" (as bluedolphin has christened it) occurs, the mercury completes a circuit which will then add to the step count.
15:16 Tue 23rd Dec 2003

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