Net54baseball.com question and answer

[Leon]

Ok...I am not trying to be a ball hog here, in that this will be my 3rd thread today. I have gone quite a while with not too many new threads.

Since this year began we have had 42 new members join. That is probably about average for how it's been going. Those new members might have questions AND it seems that every day I can't believe that some of our old veterans of the board ask questions that I am amazed they are asking. I would hope they would have arleady known those answers. Everyone is encouraged to look at different areas of the board. The dark line that has words in it that start with the words "User CP" on the left, has places under each and every one of those words to the right. There is neat Chatroom. Under the Community tab there is a place to post albums of pictures, a members list and a contact info area. There is a public Calendar that EVERYONE can use and change and contribute to (if you so desire). There are several other informational areas too. In addition to those things, we have a number of forums in the "Postwar cards and Watercooler Talk" section, under it's icon at top, including football, boxing etc.... Those sections seem to have picked up some steam lately. So, if anyone has questions, suggestions, comments etc....feel free to post them here. If there are no posts/questions/comments, then so be it . Just thought I would offer. best regards

(I really need to get this crossed over, or at least cracked out of this case)

[leftygrove10]

I'll start the ball rolling.... If a man walked around the equator of the Earth, how much further would his head go than his feet? Assume that the man is 6 feet tall.



As soon as this question is answered, someone else can ask another question. (Just kidding, of course.)

[Kawika]

Thirty seven point seven feet.

[leftygrove10]

David:

You are correct! That engineering background of yours is still shining through! Good job!

OK... Next question...

[barrysloate]

What George Harrison song is Brett Favre's theme song? (hint: it's a joke)

[nolemmings]

What George Harrison song is Brett Favre's theme song? (hint: it's a joke)

His detractors would probably say "I, Me, Mine"; however, I'm going with "All Things Must Pass".

[kkkkandp]

Can you eat your cake and have it, too?

[barrysloate]

Leon- why the egg? Why not?

David- glad I asked. I recognized pi, the rest was a little hazy

Kevin- I don't like cake

[kkkkandp]

Assuming you like pie (or pi)...

Can you eat your pie and have it, too?

It's more about the sentence than the food! Most people say it backwards.

From Wikipedia:

The phrase's earliest recording is from 1546 as "wolde you bothe eate your cake, and have your cake?" (John Heywood's "A dialogue Conteinyng the Nomber in Effect of All the Prouerbes in the Englishe Tongue") alluding to the impossibility of eating your cake and still having it afterwards. The modern version (where the clauses are reversed) is a corruption which was first signaled in 1812.

[barrysloate]

It's an expression. Expressions shouldn't be taken literally.

PETA: People Eating Tasty Animals

[D. Broughman]

Early in the morning late at night.
Two good boys got up to fight.
Back to back they faced each other.
Drew their swords and shot each other.
A deft policeman heard the noise and shook the life out of those dead boys
Now if you don't believe my story is true ask the blind man he saw it too.

[leftygrove10]

I went to George Washington University... Not Wharton...

I found out a few days ago that my great, great, ..., great grandfather was friends with George Washington... I thought that was pretty neat...

Are PETA people allowed to use the word "FURther"?

[Kawika]

Was joking, Brad. The Wharton reference was for another Board member not known for his absolute command of orthography.

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by Kawika

...Board member not known for his absolute command of orthography.

David,

Are you insinuating that someone's brain is not able to communicate with the board's "writing mechanism?"

[Leon]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Leon- why the egg? Why not?

I believe there is a "law of inclusion" though I can't find it right off hand, that says something to the effect of:

"whichever element is inside the other had to come first"

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by Leon

I believe there is a "law of inclusion" though I can't find it right off hand, that says something to the effect of:

"whichever element is inside the other had to come first"

Lost me there. Was the egg inside the chicken or the chicken inside the egg.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Jim VB

Lost me there. Was the egg inside the chicken or the chicken inside the egg.

Woops...sorry, I misstated my own answer . The chicken came first as it's inside the egg. I think I will go make an omelette and forget about science for a while....

[leftygrove10]

Originally Posted by kkkkandp

Can you eat your cake and have it, too?

This is the phrase that eventually got the Unibomber caught. The Unibomber mis-used the phrase in several of his writings... His brother recognized the mis-use of the phrase and turned his brother into law enforcement...