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Well the lightning had a rough game one, but tonight is game 2. Hopefully we have learned our lesson and can now bring out the big guns.
I also have officially decided the best thing about my math class is the friend that is in it with me. Her and I have spent a good bit of time laughing at some of our teachers explanations. So no matter how the class goes, crash and burn or triumph, at least I'll get the pleasure of good company along the way.
Why some things the way they are?
Example
The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is
4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number.
Why was that gauge used?
Because that's the way they built them in England, and English
expatriates built the US Railroads.
Why did the English build them like that?
Because the first rail lines were built by the same people who
built the pre-railroad tramways, and that's the gauge they used.
Why did "they" use that gauge then?
Because the people who built the tramways used the same jigs
and tools that they used for building wagons, which used that
wheel spacing.
Okay! Why did the wagons have that particular odd wheel
spacing?
Well, if they tried to use any other spacing, the wagon wheels
would break on some of the old long distance roads in England
because that's the spacing of the wheel ruts.
So who built those old rutted roads?
Imperial Rome built the first long distance roads in Europe
(and England) for their legions. The roads have been used ever
since.
And the ruts in the roads?
Roman war chariots formed the initial ruts, which everyone
else had to match for fear of destroying their wagon wheels.
Since the chariots were made for Imperial Rome, they were all
alike in the matter of wheel spacing.
The United States standard railroad gauge of 4 feet, 8.5
inches is derived from the original specifications for an
Imperial Roman war chariot. And bureaucracies live forever. So
the next time you are handed a specification and wonder what
horse's ass came up with it, you may be exactly right, because
the Imperial Roman war chariots were made just wide enough to
accommodate the back ends of two war horses.
Now the twist to the story...
When you see a Space Shuttle sitting on its launch pad, there
are two big booster rockets attached to the sides of the main
fuel tank. These are solid rocket boosters or SRBs.
The SRBS are made by Thiokol at their factory at Utah. The
engineers who designed the SRBs would have preferred to make
them a bit fatter, but the SRBs had to be shipped by train from
the factory to the launch site. The railroad line from the
factory happens to run through a tunnel in the mountains. The
SRBs had to fit through that tunnel. The tunnel is slightly
wider than the railroad track, and the railroad track, as you
now know, is about as wide as two horses' behinds.
So, a major Space Shuttle design feature of what is arguably
the world's most advanced transportation system was determined
over two thousand years ago by the width of a horse's ass.
Just thought I would point this out 
My moms graduation party. A few weeks old now. My mom is the one standing talking with the people at the table.
Well yesturday I found out one of my teachers from high school passed away. He was a nice man. He taught religon and Ethics. His name was Michael Lundy, his life was too short. He died from cancer.
Friday is his funeral.
My thoughts and prayers are with his family.....
Another death:
Richard Biggs-He was a soap star and played Dr. Franklin on Babylon 5. Dead at 44
Also today, one of my soccer players went into surgery for a broken nose. He was sucker punched at school. The kid that punched him is expelled. I hope my player heals fast and fully.
What a day......
...seems petty but I will take it......the lightning better win tonight.....
Sorry for posting delays, I wanted to mention the lightning but I was afraid I would jinx them like after I cheered them on here. Well the lightning won on Saturday. Stanley cup bound. I was watching it at my Uncle's house in fort lauderdale. My cousin graduated from high school. Its frightening how grown up she is. She is going to gainsville so at least she will be close to here, should she need anything.
a funny note for all my CoH playing buddies.
School's summer session started last week. My ASL (American Sign Language) class is pretty sweet. Honing my Sign. My Math class is pretty interesting as well. The best part has to be that an old friend is in the class with me. It was pleasant to see her in a setting where we could talk again, last time I think that happened was like 10 or 11 years ago.
Mary update for those of you I haven't had a chance to talk in person with. She is going back to the convent. I recieved a psuedo lets be friends talk about a week ago.
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