tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post4431855597390851887..comments2024-03-18T19:45:58.932-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: 39,128,000,000 Miles Traveled¹...OldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-75619473076660862512020-05-09T09:31:14.609-07:002020-05-09T09:31:14.609-07:00Out on the front lines again Suz? Bless you for th...Out on the front lines again Suz? Bless you for that. Concur on your opinion vis a vis chocolate cake, everything else is just not up to par. The lasagna was superlative!<br /><br />Thanks Suz! (Stay safe out there.)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-38806930817402320622020-05-09T09:27:11.626-07:002020-05-09T09:27:11.626-07:00I am late to the party--hey, I was working working...I am late to the party--hey, I was working working and drove over 475 miles this past week in the 4 days I was working, so I went to bed EARLY on Friday night (yes, I am old, but not as old as you :)---so, yes, late to the party...story of my life, but I'm ok with it...where was I???<br /><br />Oh, yes, there is NO cake except Chocolate Cake...with LOTS of Chocolate Frosting. The rest are just wannabes. :) Unless they are chocolate cupcakes...<br /><br />Seriously, Happy Belated Birthday Sir. Hope that not only the pancakes were delish, but that the Lasagna was wonderful. <br />May you have very many more rotations around the Sun. Suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07117433684554337583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-70347057012497004612020-05-08T16:57:06.038-07:002020-05-08T16:57:06.038-07:00Getting there is half the battle.Getting there is half the battle.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-28475823245032589652020-05-08T16:56:38.305-07:002020-05-08T16:56:38.305-07:00I did want to avoid scientific notation...
Thanks...I did want to avoid scientific notation...<br /><br />Thanks Frank!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-45482278346642623822020-05-08T16:16:28.599-07:002020-05-08T16:16:28.599-07:00(Don McCollor)...When I graduated from high school...(Don McCollor)...When I graduated from high school (rural) long ago, I sent an invitation to my bus driver to attend my graduation party. His wife called asking if it was a mistake. I had ridden 40,000 miles with him (often through appalling winter weather). Figured he had done as much as any of teachers to get me through high school...Don McCollorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028324869570493102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-28073571644929281612020-05-08T15:23:11.488-07:002020-05-08T15:23:11.488-07:00Zum Geburstag viel Glück!
Want to raise eyebrows -...Zum Geburstag viel Glück!<br />Want to raise eyebrows - calculate the number of miles the vehicle called Earth has traveled around the sun, and the solar system around the Milky Way Galaxy, then tell people you've traveled that many miles.<br />Counting the mileage the galaxy spends running around the universe would be a bit extreme, though :)<br />FrankAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-4807808335410993692020-05-08T13:24:04.030-07:002020-05-08T13:24:04.030-07:00😁😁OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-26774935935176109532020-05-08T13:05:36.818-07:002020-05-08T13:05:36.818-07:00GS and MB get credit for bringing that out.GS and MB get credit for bringing that out.(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-15149584058920237082020-05-08T12:24:20.956-07:002020-05-08T12:24:20.956-07:00Thank you kind Sir!Thank you kind Sir!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-64970664019637721602020-05-08T11:58:06.477-07:002020-05-08T11:58:06.477-07:00Happy Birthday!Happy Birthday!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-23854932337519418742020-05-08T11:50:12.064-07:002020-05-08T11:50:12.064-07:00Damn, might be all three...
But the French 75 is ...Damn, might be all three...<br /><br />But the French 75 is what I was referring to.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-10565773123761356712020-05-08T11:18:20.332-07:002020-05-08T11:18:20.332-07:00To 75, could it be...
The French 75, the first m...To 75, could it be... <br /><br />The French 75, the first modern artillery piece?<br /><br />Or could it be how long you will be working before you retire?<br /><br />Or VE friggin Day?Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-12563813174253258932020-05-08T10:57:58.686-07:002020-05-08T10:57:58.686-07:00I often wonder how I survived certain periods of m...I often wonder how I survived certain periods of my life. I played stupid games, didn't win any stupid prizes. For that I am most thankful.<br /><br />As to cakes/cupcakes and their ilk. Basically chocolate cake, chocolate frosting. If you wanna make it a yellow cake (not the nuclear crap, the other) I'll do it as long as it has chocolate frosting. German chocolate cake was a favorite until the nuts began to interfere with my digestive system. One could leave the nuts off, but then it ain't German chocolate cake.<br /><br />My grandmother used to make a killer chocolate cake, yellow insides, dark chocolate frosting dense enough to block x-rays. Very tasty indeed.<br /><br />Numbers in German aren't as hard as numbers in French. The Germans say seven-and-sixty, and while the French also say sixty-seven, for the odd tens they do weird stuff like for seventy-five, they say <i>soixante-quinze</i>, literally sixty-and-fifteen.<br /><br />Guess why I picked that particular number in French...<br /><br />Oh, thanks Beans. (Almost forgot my manners!)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-75445507734922632082020-05-08T10:49:20.406-07:002020-05-08T10:49:20.406-07:00Beans - I kept the math simple. I was going to fac...Beans - I kept the math simple. I was going to factor in the Solar System's orbit through the galaxy as well but, I didn't want to go there. I didn't include the Earth's rotation about it's axis, because relatively I wasn't moving on the Earth...<br /><br />Sorry gotta run, my mental calculator just melted...OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-36882084706357393862020-05-08T10:47:01.418-07:002020-05-08T10:47:01.418-07:00juvat - If you go fast enough against the Earth...juvat - If you go fast enough against the Earth's rotational direction don't you go back in time so you can save Lois Lane?<br /><br />I mean Superman did it.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-30507880054184251062020-05-08T10:45:20.116-07:002020-05-08T10:45:20.116-07:00Well, I was awfully young. And it was a LONNNNNGGG...Well, I was awfully young. And it was a LONNNNNGGGGG time ago.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-51814539352921919872020-05-08T10:44:45.780-07:002020-05-08T10:44:45.780-07:00Roger that.
Tie the low altitude record as a USAF...Roger that.<br /><br />Tie the low altitude record as a USAF test pilot, you get a street named after you at Edwards AFB.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-90777085125210337482020-05-08T10:43:33.277-07:002020-05-08T10:43:33.277-07:00Good point! Wouldn't want to spoil the cake.
...Good point! Wouldn't want to spoil the cake.<br /><br />I'm used to having my cake and eating it too!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-88991966098218829112020-05-08T09:50:43.539-07:002020-05-08T09:50:43.539-07:00Happy Birthday. It amazes me, every time my birth...Happy Birthday. It amazes me, every time my birthday comes around and I think of all the stupid 'Lookee Here' moments in my life that I've made it this far. Do you have the same thoughts?<br /><br />As to your language test, I only didn't get the numbers, the rest pretty much auto-translated from Middle English. But thankfully our Germanic language adaptations didn't include all of the verb or subject tenses as Modern German has. Thankfully.<br /><br />As to cake, I (geeze, Beans, got a severe case of Obamaitis or sumthin?) have always preferred wax-free cake. And I like icing/frosting/that buttery sugary stuff covering actual cake too much to get over-enthused by cupcakes. Start at the pointy end of the cake, and work towards the wonderful icing/frosting spine. Mmmmmm. <br /><br />So what's your favorite birthday cake/cupcake/confection flavor?Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-8274470526564290822020-05-08T09:49:39.311-07:002020-05-08T09:49:39.311-07:00As a matter of fact, that's on my Lowe's s...As a matter of fact, that's on my Lowe's shopping list for today.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-14925168553063715112020-05-08T09:45:19.948-07:002020-05-08T09:45:19.948-07:00And, juvat, vacuuming out your shop can be fun, de...And, juvat, vacuuming out your shop can be fun, depending on how deep the dust dunes are.<br /><br />Have you gotten a magnet yet and gone yard fishing for nails and screws and other tire puncturing devices?Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-82737598800125939582020-05-08T09:43:55.401-07:002020-05-08T09:43:55.401-07:00For air travel, you should count air miles travele...For air travel, you should count air miles traveled, not ground-referenced miles. Same if he actually managed to get orbited.<br /><br />But he also, as he said, didn't factor in the bazillion miles he spent commuting, which would be far more than the air miles he had.<br /><br />Now, did he just figure out straight rotation around the Sun miles, did he factor movement around the Galactic Center, or Galactic movement? Were the miles supposedly traveled included the spin of the Earth using 2PieArrrgh? Inquiring minds want to know.<br /><br />I mean, if you just want to toss figures out there, why not get a global warming scientist or a New York Covidiot Death counter to tally them for you.<br /><br />And I'm out...Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-23508632838019572002020-05-08T09:37:37.655-07:002020-05-08T09:37:37.655-07:00Oooh, slap and tickle. Now THAT sounds like a bir...Oooh, slap and tickle. Now THAT sounds like a birthday present to remember!Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-66475080565123692282020-05-08T09:36:42.745-07:002020-05-08T09:36:42.745-07:00I take it the dark joke is you get a street named ...I take it the dark joke is you get a street named after you after a very unsuccessful landing?Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-55634606331730124232020-05-08T09:35:27.498-07:002020-05-08T09:35:27.498-07:00And don't use Halon or a fire-bomb as both Hal...And don't use Halon or a fire-bomb as both Halon and Carbon TetraChloride are kind of hazardous to breathe and would definitely spoil the cake.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.com