Random Thoughts or Whatever

[RocketFoot]

If No. 2 pencils are so good and always required for tests and forms, etc...why are they still No. 2? What pencil is No. 1?

 

[Pio1980]

If No. 2 pencils are so good and always required for tests and forms, etc...why are they still No. 2? What pencil is No. 1?

Why aren't #2 pencils, brown?
Yellow pencils should be #1.

 

[RocketFoot]

Why aren't #2 pencils, brown?
Yellow pencils should be #1.

True.

What if the live lobsters in the kitchen of the Titanic were praying for a miracle?

 

[highvoltage_]

The numbers refer to the softness of the lead. #1 lead is the softest, #2 a bit harder, #3 the hardest.

 

[Quadman2]

Is the Earth really shrinking...we're getting bigger...of just more of us?

I think the latter.

But I hear bout "0 Population Growth"?


Confused!


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[highvoltage_]

But I hear bout "0 Population"?

Probably talking about ZPG (Zero Population Growth).

 

[Quadman2]

Probably talking about ZPG (Zero Population Growth).

You got it...made appropriate addition.

My orig was apocalypse-bound!


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[RocketFoot]

If the Earth was really flat, don't you thing the edge would be a big tourist attraction by now?

 

[Bill Ferris]

The numbers refer to the softness of the lead. #1 lead is the softest, #2 a bit harder, #3 the hardest.

You mean "graphite", no doubt, HV !

 

[Mystic]

If the Earth was really flat, don't you thing the edge would be a big tourist attraction by now?

Might depend on the locations of the edges. They could all be in places that suck or are all water.

 

[noogies]

Might depend on the locations of the edges. They could all be in places that suck or are all water.

Wouldn't the water pour off the edge, though?

 

[NH-MAN]

If the Earth was really flat, don't you thing the edge would be a big tourist attraction by now?

They don't let us go there.

 

[Mystic]

Wouldn't the water pour off the edge, though?

Well, since it's flat and all and the water's still "here", I guess not.

 

[Mystic]

They don't let us go there.

QFT QFT (i.e., twice)

 

[SolderIron]

Is the Earth really shrinking...we're getting bigger...of just more of us?
I think the latter.
But I hear bout "0 Population Growth"?
Confused!
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It is the conservation of the mass equation Number X Mass = Constant. The number goes down, the mass per unit has to go up .

 

[NH-MAN]

They don't let us go there.

Admiral Byrd did but unfortunately for his son who knew all his tales and had his diary ended up falling out a high-rise window.

 

[highvoltage_]

You mean "graphite", no doubt, HV !

The term "pencil lead" has been around for centuries, yes they are made of graphite mixed with clay.

 

[Bill Ferris]

The term "pencil lead" has been around for centuries, yes they are made of graphite mixed with clay.

Yes, I`m very well aware, but thank you for the historical refresh anyway, HV..
At my age, I could probably use some additional "lead in my pencil", metaphorically speaking, of course ! , ,

 

[highvoltage_]

Admiral Byrd did but unfortunately for his son who knew all his tales and had his diary ended up falling out a high-rise window.

From:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Evelyn_Byrd_III

Death
He died on or about October 3, 1988, at the age of 68. His body was found in a warehouse in Baltimore, Maryland. He had gone missing on September 13, 1988, after being placed on a train in Boston bound for Washington, D.C. Byrd was supposed to attend a National Geographic Society event honoring the 100th anniversary of his father's birth, but never arrived.[2]

The cause of his death was dehydration and malnutrition which resulted from Alzheimer's disease.[3]

He was buried, near his father, in Arlington National Cemetery.[1][4]

 

[Quadman2]

"To get up" has but the ONE meaning, right? Like after a night's sleep.

But why does "to get down" have a half dozen or more alternatives?


How come?

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