Notes & Quotes
(A work in progress.)
A Bow Line is a rope hitched to the front of a boat. Bow is pronounced "bough." A Bowline is a knot. (bow-line) Pronounced: bow as in "Bow Tie"; line as "lyn." And yes, one could tie a Bowline in a Bow Line! As a graduate of "The School of Hard Knots" and a former member of "Uncle Sam's Canoe Club" I tease you not.
"In the U.P., June, July, and August are just three months of bad sledding."
Technology and its advances are wonderful but no substitute for basic skills. What happens when power (batteries, chargers, generators, whatever) is lost?
"Oh, bury me not on the lone prairie ..." or anywhere else with "Garden(s)" in its name.
At Last
Speaking of ordered sets (left to right, top to bottom, series, etc.). Last is at the end opposite first. If there were 5 items in the set last would be #5. The descriptive math is clear, popular jargon not so much. Next to last and penultimate are (n -1) #4. Second-to-last is also used to name n -1. For me, it seems a fallacy. if n -1 is next to last then it is also first-to-last. Which makes second-to-last n -2?
The precision of our language rivals that of games played with horseshoes or hand grenades.
NASCAR Sally
(the cat)
Every morning I clean her Pit Box,
checking for loose lugs.
Then I top it off.
And for another day,
she's good to go!
Pop Quiz
What does Bill have in common with the item shown below?
Most Likely Answers:
(A work in progress.)
A Bow Line is a rope hitched to the front of a boat. Bow is pronounced "bough." A Bowline is a knot. (bow-line) Pronounced: bow as in "Bow Tie"; line as "lyn." And yes, one could tie a Bowline in a Bow Line! As a graduate of "The School of Hard Knots" and a former member of "Uncle Sam's Canoe Club" I tease you not.
"In the U.P., June, July, and August are just three months of bad sledding."
Technology and its advances are wonderful but no substitute for basic skills. What happens when power (batteries, chargers, generators, whatever) is lost?
"Oh, bury me not on the lone prairie ..." or anywhere else with "Garden(s)" in its name.
At Last
Speaking of ordered sets (left to right, top to bottom, series, etc.). Last is at the end opposite first. If there were 5 items in the set last would be #5. The descriptive math is clear, popular jargon not so much. Next to last and penultimate are (n -1) #4. Second-to-last is also used to name n -1. For me, it seems a fallacy. if n -1 is next to last then it is also first-to-last. Which makes second-to-last n -2?
The precision of our language rivals that of games played with horseshoes or hand grenades.
(the cat)
Every morning I clean her Pit Box,
checking for loose lugs.
Then I top it off.
And for another day,
she's good to go!
Pop Quiz
What does Bill have in common with the item shown below?
Most Likely Answers:
• Both are well worn,
• A pair of Bluejackets,
• a couple of old Windbreakers.