Driver to drive?

[RST Engineering (jw)]

Yes, but the real problem isn't the thickness of the "shoulder" part of the
washer that sticks down into the hole in the case, but the fact that the
shoulder doesn't stick all the way down to the backside mounting surface.
At SOME point, there will be an air gap between the screw and the
case-collector that will be the point of primary breakdown. As I vaguely
recall, the breakdown DC voltage of air at STP is something on the order of
50 volts/mil with a finagle factor for high frequency AC.

Jim

I still have some mica washers in my parts drawers ;-) That plus the
fiber washer has held up well even in automotive applications
(Belleville washer to maintain tightness).

...Jim Thompson
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[George's ProSound Company]

"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in message
news:87p4e41731q5pjf2bv2vqrqkgvhptdlvej@4ax.com...

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:26:43 -0400, "George's ProSound Company"
bmoas@yahoo.com> wrote:



Or, after McCain, she could be the most popular President after Ronald
Reagan.

Who in hell liked RR?

Only a healthy majority of voters.

That is like judgeing music by the number of cd's sold.

VOTE REPUBLICAN, it's easier than thinking
George
>

 

[George's ProSound Company]

"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in message
news:tdr4e4t0l64sqrgjmgoh9odp7q92399rld@4ax.com...

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:09:57 -0400, Bill Chandler
drink@yourown.risk.com> wrote:

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:42:40 -0700, John Larkin
jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> brewed up the following,
and served it to the group:

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:26:43 -0400, "George's ProSound Company"
bmoas@yahoo.com> wrote:



Or, after McCain, she could be the most popular President after Ronald
Reagan.

Who in hell liked RR?

Only a healthy majority of voters.

John

Like THAT makes him a good president?

I didn't say that.


Reagan was the worst thing to happen to this country in a long
time...only topped (or should I say bottomed) by those who followed
him.

How about the hapless oaf who preceded him?

He brought down the USSR and freed Eastern Europe. That's not bad.

John

where can I get the drugs you are on?

George
>

 

[Jenn]

In article <egh4e49kmstfacn5js07kpth6magcv87vk@4ax.com>,
John Larkin <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:20:55 -0700, Jenn <jennconducts@mac.com> wrote:

In article <af04e413dn7fmkjs8085jr2pi550bd6b0m@4ax.com>,
John Larkin <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

No contest. Nancy Pelosi may have just set the record as making the
most stupid, and most expensive, 1-minute speech in human history.

rtsp://video1.c-span.org/project/economy/econ092908_pelosi.rm


John

So some placed their vote on the most important issue of the year based
on the fact that they were insulted?

Did she expect to pass this critical legislation by insulting the
votes she needed?

John

I'm not saying that it was smart timing, but for the Repubs to claim
that they voted against it because their widdle feelings were hurt is
simply juvenile.

 

[Jenn]

In article <4u55e4tdihqppc8osm6c936u1s023rkq16@4ax.com>,
John Larkin <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:07:52 -0700, Jenn
jennconductsREMOVETHIS@mac.com> wrote:

In article <egh4e49kmstfacn5js07kpth6magcv87vk@4ax.com>,
John Larkin <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:20:55 -0700, Jenn <jennconducts@mac.com> wrote:

In article <af04e413dn7fmkjs8085jr2pi550bd6b0m@4ax.com>,
John Larkin <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

No contest. Nancy Pelosi may have just set the record as making the
most stupid, and most expensive, 1-minute speech in human history.

rtsp://video1.c-span.org/project/economy/econ092908_pelosi.rm


John

So some placed their vote on the most important issue of the year based
on the fact that they were insulted?

Did she expect to pass this critical legislation by insulting the
votes she needed?

John

I'm not saying that it was smart timing, but for the Repubs to claim
that they voted against it because their widdle feelings were hurt is
simply juvenile.

She adbicated a national leadership position for partisan
game-playing, and diminished herself in the process.

I agree that the timing for that statement was poor.

It was a very
hard sell to conservatives already.

And to many liberals as well.

If she brings down the US economy,
millions will suffer and many will die.

Again, you're stating that if the US economy comes down, it's because
the Speaker insulted some people. Are you sure that this is a position
you want to stick with?

It was ironic, her praising the Clinton admin. Bill promoted and
signed the laws that made this fiasco inevitable, and Barney Frank
piled on. Bush and McCain warned Congress, many times, to change some
regulatory laws to head this off.

I love to see your sources for Bush and especially for John "I'm ALWAYS
in favor of less regulation" McCain.

 

[Steve Hawkins]

Jenn <jennconductsREMOVETHIS@mac.com> wrote in
news:jennconductsREMOVETHIS-B529E5.14074730092008@news.la.sbcglobal.net:

In article <egh4e49kmstfacn5js07kpth6magcv87vk@4ax.com>,
John Larkin <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:20:55 -0700, Jenn <jennconducts@mac.com
wrote:

In article <af04e413dn7fmkjs8085jr2pi550bd6b0m@4ax.com>,
John Larkin <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

No contest. Nancy Pelosi may have just set the record as making
the most stupid, and most expensive, 1-minute speech in human
history.

rtsp://video1.c-span.org/project/economy/econ092908_pelosi.rm


John

So some placed their vote on the most important issue of the year
based on the fact that they were insulted?

Did she expect to pass this critical legislation by insulting the
votes she needed?

John

I'm not saying that it was smart timing, but for the Repubs to claim
that they voted against it because their widdle feelings were hurt is
simply juvenile.

Actually, it was because their constituents were 10 to 1 against it, in
an election year. The Dems didn't need the Repubs in the House, but they
weren't going out on that limb by themselves. Still, that was a really
low class move by Pelosi and probably cost her the fence sitters.

Anyone for Term Limits?

Steve Hawkins

 

[Jenn]

In article <Xns9B2996D2EE5A1res0pf02verizonnet@199.45.49.11>,
Steve Hawkins <res0pf02@verizon.netREMOVETHIS> wrote:

Jenn <jennconductsREMOVETHIS@mac.com> wrote in
news:jennconductsREMOVETHIS-B529E5.14074730092008@news.la.sbcglobal.net:

In article <egh4e49kmstfacn5js07kpth6magcv87vk@4ax.com>,
John Larkin <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:20:55 -0700, Jenn <jennconducts@mac.com
wrote:

In article <af04e413dn7fmkjs8085jr2pi550bd6b0m@4ax.com>,
John Larkin <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

No contest. Nancy Pelosi may have just set the record as making
the most stupid, and most expensive, 1-minute speech in human
history.

rtsp://video1.c-span.org/project/economy/econ092908_pelosi.rm


John

So some placed their vote on the most important issue of the year
based on the fact that they were insulted?

Did she expect to pass this critical legislation by insulting the
votes she needed?

John

I'm not saying that it was smart timing, but for the Repubs to claim
that they voted against it because their widdle feelings were hurt is
simply juvenile.

Actually, it was because their constituents were 10 to 1 against it, in
an election year.

But that, of course, is not what Boehner, et al, said.

The Dems didn't need the Repubs in the House, but they
weren't going out on that limb by themselves.

True, plus they need the Repubs in the Senate.

Still, that was a really
low class move by Pelosi and probably cost her the fence sitters.

Great. So if the economy tanks, it's because some fence sitters were
offended.

Anyone for Term Limits?

Yep. They're called "elections". ;-)

 

[john jardine]

"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:48E28AED.C6800C53@hotmail.com...

Mortgage lender of some considerable repute 10-20 yrs ago, Bradford and
Bingley were today 'saved' by being bought by Spain's Santander Group
that also owns the Abbey Bank in the UK, thus averting another
nationalisation like Northern Rock.

That had been the government's hope. Doubt that Santander's going to
help out again though.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1064528/The-day-buy-let-died-How-B-B

-debacle-brings-mortgage-hikes-repossessions-closer.html

"The collapse of Bradford & Bingley sounds the death knell for
buy-to-let.

More than 1.1million British investors put their money into property for
rent, borrowing against the value of their family homes.

The hope was that the rental income would cover the mortgages, while
they would cash in from the supposedly inevitable rise in house prices.

However, the market has now been hit by a double-whammy which threatens
mass repossessions and an even bigger property market collapse than the
1990s bust.

A fall in house prices has pulled the rug from under this apparently
surefire way of making money. Many of these investors are now sitting on
negative equity, a huge pool of debt that increases every day property
prices continue to fall.

More importantly, the removal of B&B as well as other smaller home loan
specialists, including several run by the collapsed Lehman Bros, means
buy-to-let mortgages have disappeared."


Still waiting for news on Wachovia.

Graham


Abbey/Santander bagged the profitable savings and branches bit.

We (the people) have taken over the loans and morgage section.

 

[hank alrich]

John Larkin <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:20:55 -0700, Jenn <jennconducts@mac.com> wrote:

In article <af04e413dn7fmkjs8085jr2pi550bd6b0m@4ax.com>,
John Larkin <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

No contest. Nancy Pelosi may have just set the record as making the
most stupid, and most expensive, 1-minute speech in human history.

rtsp://video1.c-span.org/project/economy/econ092908_pelosi.rm


John

So some placed their vote on the most important issue of the year based
on the fact that they were insulted?

Did she expect to pass this critical legislation by insulting the
votes she needed?

Perhaps some of those legislators are paying attention to their
constituents. Witness:

-----

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/09/25/Poll_Voters_dont_want_immediate_b
ailout/UPI-98651222363756/

Poll: Voters don't want immediate bailout
Published: Sept. 25, 2008 at 1:29 PM

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y., Sept. 25 (UPI) -- More than two-thirds of registered
U.S. voters want Congress to slow down on the $700 billion
financial-sector bailout, a college poll indicates.

Sixty-eight percent of voters nationwide, regardless of party, say they
want Congress to wait until it fully understands the costs and risks of
the bailout, the Marist College poll found.

Twenty-six percent said it was important for Congress act to stabilize
the financial industry this week, the poll said.

<snip>

-----

--
ha
shut up and play your guitar

 

[George's ProSound Company]

"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in message
news:4u55e4tdihqppc8osm6c936u1s023rkq16@4ax.com...

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:07:52 -0700, Jenn
jennconductsREMOVETHIS@mac.com> wrote:

In article <egh4e49kmstfacn5js07kpth6magcv87vk@4ax.com>,
John Larkin <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:20:55 -0700, Jenn <jennconducts@mac.com> wrote:

In article <af04e413dn7fmkjs8085jr2pi550bd6b0m@4ax.com>,
John Larkin <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

No contest. Nancy Pelosi may have just set the record as making the
most stupid, and most expensive, 1-minute speech in human history.

rtsp://video1.c-span.org/project/economy/econ092908_pelosi.rm


John

So some placed their vote on the most important issue of the year based
on the fact that they were insulted?

Did she expect to pass this critical legislation by insulting the
votes she needed?

John

I'm not saying that it was smart timing, but for the Repubs to claim
that they voted against it because their widdle feelings were hurt is
simply juvenile.

She adbicated a national leadership position for partisan
game-playing, and diminished herself in the process. It was a very
hard sell to conservatives already. If she brings down the US economy,
millions will suffer and many will die.

It was ironic, her praising the Clinton admin. Bill promoted and
signed the laws that made this fiasco inevitable, and Barney Frank
piled on. Bush and McCain warned Congress, many times, to change some
regulatory laws to head this off.

John

now your just makeing shit up,shame on you
George
>

 

[George's ProSound Company]

"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in message
news:ia65e4hdsti3rep2do20qpqfeabg0g182b@4ax.com...

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:38:29 -0400, "George's ProSound Company"
bmoas@yahoo.com> wrote:


"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in
message
news:87p4e41731q5pjf2bv2vqrqkgvhptdlvej@4ax.com...
On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:26:43 -0400, "George's ProSound Company"
bmoas@yahoo.com> wrote:



Or, after McCain, she could be the most popular President after Ronald
Reagan.

Who in hell liked RR?

Only a healthy majority of voters.

That is like judgeing music by the number of cd's sold.


How else would you measure "popularity"?

the comparison must have gone WAY over your head

sorry I will dumb it down for you

RR destroyed america.
George
>

 

[Steve Hawkins]

Jenn <jennconductsREMOVETHIS@mac.com> wrote in
news:jennconductsREMOVETHIS-B0CD2A.14570030092008@news.la.sbcglobal.net:

In article <Xns9B2996D2EE5A1res0pf02verizonnet@199.45.49.11>,
Steve Hawkins <res0pf02@verizon.netREMOVETHIS> wrote:

Actually, it was because their constituents were 10 to 1 against it,
in an election year.

But that, of course, is not what Boehner, et al, said.

Pissed off people will say the darnedest things. Pelosi is Speaker of
the House, not Speaker of the Dems; she's 3rd in-line for the Oval
Office. There's a very good reason for the House Majority Leader's
position.

The Dems didn't need the Repubs in the House, but they
weren't going out on that limb by themselves.

True, plus they need the Repubs in the Senate.

I think the Senate would have had a hard time saying no to a reasonably
bipartisan yes in the House.

Still, that was a really
low class move by Pelosi and probably cost her the fence sitters.

Great. So if the economy tanks, it's because some fence sitters were
offended.

And you've never let anger or an insult influence a decision?

Anyone for Term Limits?

Yep. They're called "elections". ;-)

That was also true before the 22nd amendment, why is it different for
congress?

Steve Hawkins

 

[George's ProSound Company]

"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in message
news:1mb5e4tj85u8jk8pplqe34rrgvu4dhk043@4ax.com...

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:37:26 -0400, "George's ProSound Company"
bmoas@yahoo.com> wrote:


"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in
message
news:ia65e4hdsti3rep2do20qpqfeabg0g182b@4ax.com...
On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:38:29 -0400, "George's ProSound Company"
bmoas@yahoo.com> wrote:


"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in
message
news:87p4e41731q5pjf2bv2vqrqkgvhptdlvej@4ax.com...
On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:26:43 -0400, "George's ProSound Company"
bmoas@yahoo.com> wrote:



Or, after McCain, she could be the most popular President after
Ronald
Reagan.

Who in hell liked RR?

Only a healthy majority of voters.

That is like judgeing music by the number of cd's sold.


How else would you measure "popularity"?

the comparison must have gone WAY over your head
sorry I will dumb it down for you

RR destroyed america.


Wow, are we all dead and in heaven?

possibly dead but as there is no heaven , I doubt that destination

George

 

[Jenn]

In article <Xns9B29A1684D56Fres0pf02verizonnet@199.45.49.11>,
Steve Hawkins <res0pf02@verizon.netREMOVETHIS> wrote:

Jenn <jennconductsREMOVETHIS@mac.com> wrote in
news:jennconductsREMOVETHIS-B0CD2A.14570030092008@news.la.sbcglobal.net:

In article <Xns9B2996D2EE5A1res0pf02verizonnet@199.45.49.11>,
Steve Hawkins <res0pf02@verizon.netREMOVETHIS> wrote:

Actually, it was because their constituents were 10 to 1 against it,
in an election year.

But that, of course, is not what Boehner, et al, said.

Pissed off people will say the darnedest things. Pelosi is Speaker of
the House, not Speaker of the Dems; she's 3rd in-line for the Oval
Office. There's a very good reason for the House Majority Leader's
position.

The Dems didn't need the Repubs in the House, but they
weren't going out on that limb by themselves.

True, plus they need the Repubs in the Senate.

I think the Senate would have had a hard time saying no to a reasonably
bipartisan yes in the House.

Still, that was a really
low class move by Pelosi and probably cost her the fence sitters.

Great. So if the economy tanks, it's because some fence sitters were
offended.

And you've never let anger or an insult influence a decision?

Certainly not important ones, no.

Anyone for Term Limits?

Yep. They're called "elections". ;-)

That was also true before the 22nd amendment, why is it different for
congress?

I think of it the other way: Why is it different for the President?

 

[Jenn]

In article <d5h5e4p8stq8poek6ktnjg8drffvlquink@4ax.com>,
SoothSayer <SaySooth@TheMonastery.org> wrote:

On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:48:15 -0700, Jenn <jennconducts@mac.com> wrote:

In article <fv92e4d99j929n5r9okc02rcu2c0714g8c@4ax.com>,
The Great Attractor
SuperM@ssiveBlackHoleAtTheCenterOfTheMilkyWayGalaxy.org> wrote:

On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:21:51 -0700, Jenn <jennconducts@mac.com> wrote:


Interesting, thanks. That certainly affects my impression of the group.

You're an idiot.

Says the weirdo that feels the need to use various pseudonym

It is a common Usenet practice, twit. Why do you think they carry that
name to begin with? Can you really be so stupid as to not know why? Can
you really be even more so to think you can tell others to only use one?
If so, your IQ is 40 points lower than I had previously figured.

Why use so many unless you're trying to hide something, Clem?

Just goes to show that one shouldn't judge too quickly. Thanks again.

Too late for that, eh, ya dippy bitch?

What you witnessed there was a bit of humility, Clem. Some of that
would flatter you.

I've got nine inches of "Clem" to go up in your ass with, little girl.

lol 'Nuff said.

 

[Martin Riddle]

"RichD" <r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:7f0d3f38-205c-4d48-ac7f-9001fc8e3e48@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com...

I was at a cafe the other day, I asked the
girl at the counter for a cup of hot water.
It's a 12 oz. paper cup. I tell her, "Fill it
about 3/4."

She hesitates, then "Fractions aren't
my strong point, can you show me how
much you'd like?" I had to point to the
level to dispense.

That's right - "3/4 to the top" literally
boggled her mind! I fall into a
melancholia, I fear for posterity... homo
sapiens had a good run, but nothing
lasts forever...

"I'll sell my bonds." - Ronald Reagan

Go to the local fast food joint, order a super size menu item,
then ask for a small or medium cup instead of the large cup.

They're like deer in head lights, amazing.

Cheers

 

[Paul Popinjay]

"RichD" <r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:7f0d3f38-205c-4d48-ac7f-9001fc8e3e48@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com...

I was at a cafe the other day, I asked the
girl at the counter for a cup of hot water.
It's a 12 oz. paper cup. I tell her, "Fill it
about 3/4."

She hesitates, then "Fractions aren't
my strong point, can you show me how
much you'd like?" I had to point to the
level to dispense.

Rich, that's a good story but what was the poor girl supposed to do? Make a
rough guess as to when it was 7 ounces of hot water? That would be pretty
tough even for me, unless you have the little lines on the side of the cup.
A lot of people can't just "eyeball" a certain amount of ounces in a paper
cup. How do you know how wide the cup is?

-Paul Popinjay

 

[George's ProSound Company]

"John Larkin" <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in message
news:ako5e41tik2ifbrl25e7svsalqhcjl49m2@4ax.com...

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:44:53 -0700, Jenn
jennconductsREMOVETHIS@mac.com> wrote:

In article <4u55e4tdihqppc8osm6c936u1s023rkq16@4ax.com>,
John Larkin <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:07:52 -0700, Jenn
jennconductsREMOVETHIS@mac.com> wrote:

In article <egh4e49kmstfacn5js07kpth6magcv87vk@4ax.com>,
John Larkin <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:20:55 -0700, Jenn <jennconducts@mac.com
wrote:

In article <af04e413dn7fmkjs8085jr2pi550bd6b0m@4ax.com>,
John Larkin <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

No contest. Nancy Pelosi may have just set the record as making
the
most stupid, and most expensive, 1-minute speech in human history.

rtsp://video1.c-span.org/project/economy/econ092908_pelosi.rm


John

So some placed their vote on the most important issue of the year
based
on the fact that they were insulted?

Did she expect to pass this critical legislation by insulting the
votes she needed?

John

I'm not saying that it was smart timing, but for the Repubs to claim
that they voted against it because their widdle feelings were hurt is
simply juvenile.

She adbicated a national leadership position for partisan
game-playing, and diminished herself in the process.

I agree that the timing for that statement was poor.

It was a very
hard sell to conservatives already.

And to many liberals as well.

If she brings down the US economy,
millions will suffer and many will die.

Again, you're stating that if the US economy comes down, it's because
the Speaker insulted some people. Are you sure that this is a position
you want to stick with?

Yup. Wars have be fought over misunderstandings, pride, and loss of
face. "Little" things like this can matter.

John

yup it was all the speech andnot the last 8 years of foolish "no doc" loans

and insider tradeing
two minutes of Pelosi undid a decade of solid finacial investment
Thats the way you see it, just want to be sure
George
>

 

[Androcles]

"Martin Riddle" <martin_rid@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:RqBEk.1040$kI6.89@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...

"RichD" <r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:7f0d3f38-205c-4d48-ac7f-9001fc8e3e48@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
I was at a cafe the other day, I asked the
girl at the counter for a cup of hot water.
It's a 12 oz. paper cup. I tell her, "Fill it
about 3/4."

She hesitates, then "Fractions aren't
my strong point, can you show me how
much you'd like?" I had to point to the
level to dispense.

That's right - "3/4 to the top" literally
boggled her mind! I fall into a
melancholia, I fear for posterity... homo
sapiens had a good run, but nothing
lasts forever...

"I'll sell my bonds." - Ronald Reagan



Go to the local fast food joint, order a super size menu item,
then ask for a small or medium cup instead of the large cup.

They're like deer in head lights, amazing.

Two male mathematicians are in a bar. The first one says to the second that
the average person knows very little about basic mathematics. The second one
disagrees, and claims that most people can cope with a reasonable amount of
math.

The first mathematician goes off to the washroom, and in his absence the
second calls over the waitress. He tells her that in a few minutes, after
his friend has returned, he will call her over and ask her a question. All
she has to do is answer one third x cubed.

She repeats "one thir -- dex cue"?
He repeats "one third x cubed".
Her: `one thir dex cuebd'? Yes, that's right, he says. So she agrees, and
goes off mumbling to herself, "one thir dex cuebd...".

The first guy returns and the second proposes a bet to prove his point, that
most people do know something about basic math. He says he will ask the
blonde waitress an integral, and the first laughingly agrees. The second man
calls over the waitress and asks "what is the integral of x squared?".
The waitress says "one third x cubed" and while walking away, turns back and
says over her shoulder "plus a constant!"

 

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<7f0d3f38-205c-4d48-ac7f-9001fc8e3e48@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com>,
RichD <r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> wrote:

I was at a cafe the other day, I asked the
girl at the counter for a cup of hot water.
It's a 12 oz. paper cup. I tell her, "Fill it
about 3/4."

She hesitates, then "Fractions aren't
my strong point, can you show me how
much you'd like?" I had to point to the
level to dispense.

That's right - "3/4 to the top" literally
boggled her mind! I fall into a
melancholia, I fear for posterity... homo
sapiens had a good run, but nothing
lasts forever...

Yeah but I bet she was hot.