BruceS
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148
Registered:
8/23/05
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Re: SKEPTICS SHOULD HAVE LABOTAMIES NOT LABORATORIES !!!
Posted:
Apr 15, 2011 9:27 AM
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On Apr 14, 3:01 pm, Brad <goog...@vk2qq.com> wrote:
> On Apr 15, 2:05 am, BruceS <bruce...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Apr 13, 3:45 pm, Brad <goog...@vk2qq.com> wrote:
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> > > On Apr 14, 6:37 am, george <gbl...@hnpl.net> wrote:
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> > > > On Apr 14, 8:34 am, Brad <goog...@vk2qq.com> wrote:
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> > > > > On Apr 14, 3:40 am, Bob Casanova <nos...@buzz.off> wrote:
> > > > > >> accurate.
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> > > > > > >I can confidently predict the following:
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> > > > > > >SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN SOMETIME SOON.
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> > > > > > I stand in awe... ;-)
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> > > > > > >There. Now prove me wrong.
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> > > > > > Obviously I can't, which means that you are indeed psychic.
> > > > > > Al least, by GrahamLogic.
> > > > > > --
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> > > > > Predicting the future is just one of my lesser powers. I can also
> > > > > guess a number between 1 and 100.
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> > > > > 37.
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> > > > > Keep that number in your pocket, it might come in handy one day.
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> > > > So that's where it got to..
> > > > I heard the owner dropped it while cavorting with 29... it's all quite
> > > > a sordid tale
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> > > And I am 1 for 1.
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> > OK, hotshot. I'm thinking of an integer between 1 and 3. You only
> > get one guess to prove you're psychic. If you get it right, all
> > Usenet will hail your name, and you'll have a common fastener named
> > for you. If you get it wrong, you'll have to hang your head in shame,
> > and never crosspost to more than 100 ngs again.
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> Before I guess the number you are thinking of, I'd normally request
> three guesses, but this time, as proof of my powers, I will attempt it
> in one guess.
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> The text I am using is my latest copy of Pony Express. Page 32 Line 12
> "see a lot of workmanship issues in the trunk. We get one or two"
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> Your number is 2 !
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> Thankyou.
> (Holds envelope to forehead)
That is truly amazing; you're right! Are you sure you didn't cheat
somehow? Note however that "2 !" can be more succinctly stated as
"2", saving people the trouble of an onerous calculation.
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