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Posted on 04/22/2003 11:31:59 PM PDT by Radix
For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. |
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Welcome to Pancakes on Wednesdays. Here is an amalgamation of trivial facts and seemingly useless data If there were no such thing as pi then circles would look something like this.
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This link is to an expression of the value of pi. It shows the digits and a voice in French says the numbers. It is kind of creepy, but it really cool and geeky. It has cool links about Pi, which I really found to be cool. This image is just the pi symbol
This link shows the history of the calculation of pi. This image below looks like the car that was actually in the movie Rain Man.
"There were only 4,000 hardtops built back in 1949 They were an eight miles-a-gallon car The power windows are electric/hydraulic The hydraulic cylinder raises the window. The power front seat operates the same way, with an electric motor and a hydraulic pump. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Judge Wapner. People’s Court. Mickey Mantle number seven. Seven is a prime number. If a circle of radius R is inscribed inside a square with side length 2R, then the area of the circle will be pi*R^2 and the area of the square will be (2R)^2. So the ratio of the area of the circle to the area of the square will be pi/4. http://www.utm.edu/research/primes/ Pancakes on Wednesdays Maple syrup and toothpicks. The Maple syrup definitely has to be there first.
MASH THIS
the toothpick was first used in the U.S. at the Union Oyster House. 90% of the country's toothpick supply is produced in Maine. Maine is the only State that has just one syllable in it’s name, Maine!
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Mickey Mantle hit 536 Home Runs, 536! Home Runs. 18 World Series home runs Home runs. He had batting average of .298, .257 in the World Series -------------------------------------------------------------- Are you taking any prescription medications? Perfect Numbers A number is a perfect number if it is equal to the sum of all of 6 is the first perfect number because 6=1+2+3. 28=1+2+4+7+14 perfect The next two perfect numbers are 496 and 8128. 496 Toothpicks
Counting Cards --------------------------------------------------------------- Permutations, and combinations ------------------------------------------------------------- Who is on first? What is the name of the Player on second base. Second Base Chicago Cubs World Series Champions 1908
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The screen from my front door, toothpicks, and detail tape
for my car were the main ingredients of this baseball
field. The figures were built from scratch. In the distance
is a Wendys'.
WHO'S ON FIRST?
Abbott & Costello's classic routine.
Little known fact: They were the first non-baseball playing
celebrities to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
They were inducted in 1957.
| WHO'S ON FIRST? The text of Abbott & Costello's classic routine. A link to an audio file is available. Abbott: Well, Costello, I'm going to New York with you. Bucky Harris the Yankee's manager gave me a job as coach for as long as you're on the team. Costello: Look Abbott, if you're the coach, you must know all the players. Abbott: I certainly do. Costello: Well you know I've never met the guys. So you'll have to tell me their names, and then I'll know who's playing on the team. Abbott: Oh, I'll tell you their names, but you know it seems to me they give these ball players now-a-days very peculiar names. Costello: You mean funny names? Abbott: Strange names, pet names...like Dizzy Dean... Costello: His brother Daffy Abbott: Daffy Dean... Costello: And their French cousin. Abbott: French? Costello: Goofe' Abbott: Goofe' Dean. Well, let's see, we have on the bags, Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on third... Costello: That's what I want to find out. Abbott: I say Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know's on third. Costello: Are you the manager? Abbott: Yes. Costello: You gonna be the coach too? Abbott: Yes. Costello: And you don't know the fellows' names. Abbott: Well I should. Costello: Well then who's on first? Abbott: Yes. Costello: I mean the fellow's name. Abbott: Who. Costello: The guy on first. Abbott: Who. Costello: The first baseman. Abbott: Who. Costello: The guy playing... Abbott: Who is on first! Costello: I'm asking you who's on first. Abbott: That's the man's name. Costello: That's who's name? Abbott: Yes. Costello: Well go ahead and tell me. Abbott: That's it. Costello: That's who? Abbott: Yes. PAUSE Costello: Look, you gotta first baseman? Abbott: Certainly. Costello: Who's playing first? Abbott: That's right. Costello: When you pay off the first baseman every month, who gets the money? Abbott: Every dollar of it. Costello: All I'm trying to find out is the fellow's name on first base. Abbott: Who. Costello: The guy that gets... Abbott: That's it. Costello: Who gets the money... Abbott: He does, every dollar of it. Sometimes his wife comes down and collects it. Costello: Who's wife? Abbott: Yes. PAUSE Abbott: What's wrong with that? Costello: I wanna know is when you sign up the first baseman, how does he sign his name? Abbott: Who. Costello: The guy. Abbott: Who. Costello: How does he sign... Abbott: That's how he signs it. Costello: Who? Abbott: Yes. PAUSE Costello: All I'm trying to find out is what's the guys name on first base. Abbott: No. What is on second base. Costello: I'm not asking you who's on second. Abbott: Who's on first. Costello: One base at a time! Abbott: Well, don't change the players around. Costello: I'm not changing nobody! Abbott: Take it easy, buddy. Costello: I'm only asking you, who's the guy on first base? Abbott: That's right. Costello: OK. Abbott: Alright. PAUSE Costello: What's the guy's name on first base? Abbott: No. What is on second. Costello: I'm not asking you who's on second. Abbott: Who's on first. Costello: I don't know. Abbott: He's on third, we're not talking about him. Costello: Now how did I get on third base? Abbott: Why you mentioned his name. Costello: If I mentioned the third baseman's name, who did I say is playing third? Abbott: No. Who's playing first. Costello: What's on base? Abbott: What's on second. Costello: I don't know. Abbott: He's on third. Costello: There I go, back on third again! PAUSE Costello: Would you just stay on third base and don't go off it. Abbott: Alright, what do you want to know? Costello: Now who's playing third base? Abbott: Why do you insist on putting Who on third base? Costello: What am I putting on third. Abbott: No. What is on second. Costello: You don't want who on second? Abbott: Who is on first. Costello: I don't know. Together: Third base! PAUSE Costello: Look, you gotta outfield? Abbott: Sure. Costello: The left fielder's name? Abbott: Why. Costello: I just thought I'd ask you. Abbott: Well, I just thought I'd tell ya. Costello: Then tell me who's playing left field. Abbott: Who's playing first. Costello: I'm not...stay out of the infield!!! I want to know what's the guy's name in left field? Abbott: No, What is on second. Costello: I'm not asking you who's on second. Abbott: Who's on first! Costello: I don't know. Together: Third base! PAUSE Costello: The left fielder's name? Abbott: Why. Costello: Because! Abbott: Oh, he's center field. PAUSE Costello: Look, You gotta pitcher on this team? Abbott: Sure. Costello: The pitcher's name? Abbott: Tomorrow. Costello: You don't want to tell me today? Abbott: I'm telling you now. Costello: Then go ahead. Abbott: Tomorrow! Costello: What time? Abbott: What time what? Costello: What time tomorrow are you gonna tell me who's pitching? Abbott: Now listen. Who is not pitching. Costello: I'll break you're arm if you say who's on first!!! I want to know what's the pitcher's name? Abbott: What's on second. Costello: I don't know. Together: Third base! PAUSE Costello: Gotta a catcher? Abbott: Certainly. Costello: The catcher's name? Abbott: Today. Costello: Today, and tomorrow's pitching. Abbott: Now you've got it. Costello: All we got is a couple of days on the team. PAUSE Costello: You know I'm a catcher too. Abbott: So they tell me. Costello: I get behind the plate to do some fancy catching, Tomorrow's pitching on my team and a heavy hitter gets up. Now the heavy hitter bunts the ball. When he bunts the ball, me, being a good catcher, I'm gonna throw the guy out at first. So I pick up the ball and throw it to who? Abbott: Now that's the first thing you've said right. Costello: I don't even know what I'm talking about! PAUSE Abbott: That's all you have to do. Costello: Is to throw the ball to first base. Abbott: Yes! Costello: Now who's got it? Abbott: Naturally. PAUSE Costello: Look, if I throw the ball to first base, somebody's gotta get it. Now who has it? Abbott: Naturally. Costello: Who? Abbott: Naturally. Costello: Naturally? Abbott: Naturally. Costello: So I pick up the ball and I throw it to Naturally. Abbott: No you don't you throw the ball to Who. Costello: Naturally. Abbott: That's different. Costello: That's what I said. Abbott: you're not saying it... Costello: I throw the ball to Naturally. Abbott: You throw it to Who. Costello: Naturally. Abbott: That's it. Costello: That's what I said! Abbott: You ask me. Costello: I throw the ball to who? Abbott: Naturally. Costello: Now you ask me. Abbott: You throw the ball to Who? Costello: Naturally. Abbott: That's it. Costello: Same as you! Same as YOU!!! I throw the ball to who. Whoever it is drops the ball and the guy runs to second. Who picks up the ball and throws it to What. What throws it to I Don't Know. I Don't Know throws it back to Tomorrow, Triple play. Another guy gets up and hits a long fly ball to Because. Why? I don't know! He's on third and I don't give a darn! Abbott: What? Costello: I said I don't give a darn! Abbott: Oh, that's our shortstop. Costello: (makes screaming sound) |
I wonder if their toothpick forest looks like one I saw in Australia: rows and rows and rows and rows of naked trees. No leaves, no branches, nothing until way high up. Looked so stange I finally asked a local. "It's a toothpick farm."
UMM QASR, Iraq, Apr. 21 -- USCGC Walnut crewmembers prepare Iraqi buoys for positioning in the Khawr Abd Allah waterway to facilitate safe navigation to the port of Umm Qasr.
The battle for Umm Qasr: A US marine launches a shoulder-borne Javelin missile near Umm Qasr. The key port was an early coalition objective – but Iraqi resistance in the area was heavier than expected.
Slow progress: The US advance grinds to a halt as fierce sandstorms reduce visibility to a few feet. Troops were well-equipped to fight in the desert, but in these conditions there was little to do but sit and wait.
Air power: A British Lynx 2 helicopter sets off for a mission as dusk falls near Basra. Air power was a critical advantage the coalition had over the defending Iraqi forces throughout the campaign.
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