Not that many years ago a class of math students whose majors were in Chemistry, Physics and Engineering were being introduced to the Law of Diminishing Halves in Calculus. Simply stated, they were told that if they approached an object by taking an initial step then a step equal to of one half the remaining
Christoffer and Tuva, his wife moved back home to Wisconsin from Arizona. Tuva had a wooden leg and to insure it in Arizona was $2,000 a year!!! When they arrived in Wisconsin, Christoffer and Tuva went to Sven’s Insurance agency to see how much it would cost to insure the wooden leg. Sven looked it up on his
Yesterday Cheryl and I went for dinner at Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, for a hamburger or two. We had a nice evening with Kay and Herschel. The humor started; Humor can sometimes occur when I’m around. Cheryl’s burger and that of Mr. Weintraub came out of the kitchen with the wrong cheese and possibly the
Perhaps as long ago as forty, maybe fifty years ago, my dad told a version of the story below. I have to admit, I did not retain the memory of each of his words but I’m pretty sure the gist of it is retained in my recanting of the story below. My telling of tales
I believe that plagiarism is not plagiarism if you give full credit to the author! If I’m wrong, please let me know.
Little Bruce and Jenny are only 10 years old but they know they are in love. One day they decide that they want to get married, so Bruce goes to Jenny’s father to ask him for her hand. Bruce bravely walks up to him and says, “Mr. Smith, me and Jenny are in love and I want to
LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED: No matter how hard you try, you can’t baptize cats. When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don’t let her brush your hair. If your sister hits you, don’t hit her back. They always catch the second person. Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato. You can’t
In the early seventies, we lived in Goose Bay Labrador and I worked for Canadian Marconi maintaining Tropospheric Scatter Radio systems linking Goose Bay with the rest of the country. Tropospheric Scatter systems allowed relatively wideband communications between sites several hundred miles away. At that time broadband microwave systems had not made their way to
Madge and Arthur, a geriatric couple fell in love, they’d been on dates many times and one evening they started to discuss sex. Both were somewhat concerned about their health and felt they should check with their doctors and get the doctor’s opinion. Madge returned from her visit and said, “The doc says we need
As we slowly move through retirement, we need to keep ourselves occupied with small projects………Like this guy… I know, I saw it right away too…. No safety glasses or hearing protection. And I caught something else that is really important: he has no gloves on. I might be up in age, but I’m still sharp as