I did not watch the Laker game last night.
But several people in the office are ardent Laker fans, as well as
Kimberly, an adorable 11-year girl that I have been tutoring.
Kimberly hates studying History and was falling behind in class. I
made a deal with her that if we could focus on History, then I would
let her tutor me about the Lakers. A few lollipops thrown in for good
measure, and the deal was made.
So, I was completely aware how much last night's game meant for Laker
fans...
John
--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, "Hiram Gonash"
<okfreddy_at_h...> wrote:
> Like I'm going to believe John watched the Laker game...
>
> C'mon he only learned the names of the Beatles like 20 years AFTER
> they broke up.
>
> John, name any four NBA teams. Name any four NFL teams. Name *ANY* of
> the living or dead members of Led Zeppelin. Name any four composers
> alive between 1756 and 1767. Name any four Hammer films.
>
> I'm telling ya the guy has to get his eyes of those bad videos.
> Ozzy
>
> --- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, "tschibasch"
> <tschibasch_at_y...> wrote:
> > As yes, the "Spherical Earth" thing. When I was young, I was told
> that
> > Christopher Columbus came to America to prove that the Earth was
> > round, since conventional wisdom believed it to be flat.
> >
> > Of course, the Ancient Greeks already knew about the shape of the
> > Earth, and what's more, they had a reasonably good idea of the
> > distance to the Sun!
> >
> > In the Middle Ages, there was not so much a controversy about that
> > then. Rather, the problem concerned where the proper "center" of the
> > universe was. The upheld belief was that the Earth (no surprise!)
> was
> > at the center of everything, and therefore the Sun revolved around
> the
> > Earth. It was the Roman Catholic Church which pushed this view.
> (They
> > conceded that Mercury and Venus orbitted around the Sun, but that
> the
> > Sun, Mars, and Jupiter orbitted around Earth.) As astronomers became
> > better at tracking objects, there was growing pressure to change
> this
> > view! Galileo apparently was told by the Church that they already
> knew
> > that the Earth orbitted around the Sun, but did not want this
> > information released to the public, as it would cause a panic. So,
> he
> > was not permitted to publish his findings...
> >
> > And regarding Repbulicans on this email list: Sadly, KG, it is not
> > always Republicans who make bad choices. Sometimes Democrats make
> bad
> > ones as well. And occasionally even Greens, though much less so.
> >
> > I just thank my lucky stars that I didn't bet anything on the Lakers
> > last night!
> >
> > ;-)
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> > --- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, Bark of Delight
> > <barkofdelight_at_y...> wrote:
> > > --- Georgie Hinklemyer <samoolives_at_y...> wrote:
> > > > It also nicely illustrates how the
> > > > Greeks figured out about a spherical Earth.
> > >
> > > Please, G!
> > > There are republicans on this email list!
> > > You don't want to start another argument, do you?
> > >
> > > Bark!
> > >
> > >
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Received on 2003-05-16 14:27:41