I'm stuck in the 700 club! Ask me almost anything...

HELP!! :scared:

Inquiring minds want to know.

Al Franken's new book. The Truth with Jokes.

:hi:

I have Lies and the Lying Liars, which I really liked

My daughter's been home from college and goes back tomorrow. It's more of a textbook (in my estimation) and not as funny as Lying Liars.

pick one:

1. what is the square root of pi?
2. did you have a good new years?
3. where does your screen name come from? I love it.

Khash.
(don't worry we'll save you!)

It was okay. Quiet. My daughter decided to come home early from a party with friends because she wanted to be with me. :hug:

I was shocked and very pleased!

Not a clue!

My real name is very boring. My newest adopted cat is Elizabeth Grace, AKA Lizziegrace. She's a 7 pound orange tabby with enough "catitude" to make up for her older brother Widget, who's 13 and thinks he's a dog. :)

You have to donate them all to charity, except for one.

Which one would you keep?

Dan Fogelberg's "The Innocent Age"

I've loved that cd since I got it as an LP in the early 80's

you've ever been to?

Chicago and the Beach Boys right after "Wishing You Were Here" was released.

Also, Paul McCartney at the Liberty Bowl stadium in Memphis.

Then there's Josh Groban (I took my daughter), Charlotte Church with the CSO and Yo-Yo Ma with the CSO.

I watched the earlier seasons. Haven't watched much in the last few years.

when YO YO MA was on?

:shrug:

I missed that one!

playing at some White House function.

I vaguely remember that one. Was that the episode where Josh was going through counselling Adam Arkin or the one where Toby attended the homeless vet's funeral?

I never watched a full episode of it. My sis was watching it and I walked into her room and noticed that yo yo was on.

Totally engrossed in the music and such a beautiful sound.

Leaving work now. Hope you make 800! :hi:

:hi:

8 times I've seen him. Also Frank Zappa, but I don't remember much about that one... :evilgrin:

:bounce:

My daughter adores him too. (She's 18 and has shown exquisite taste in music and musicians.) She wants to give him a hug. Thinks he's adorable.

in concert?

Her father and I divorced about the time she decided she liked him and I haven't had the $$ to buy concert tickets. She likes the PBS concert DVDs I have - Boston and the Pull Over Tour.

nose and run straight through!!!! :scared:

Pretect me from the evil Pat Robertson!!!

:scared:

:rofl:

Either way you get to answer!

Go for it....we'll help get you there!

:yourock:

:hi:

I'm not looking forward to it. :scared:

I can only prop you up while you run like hell through it! :hug:

I joined DU over two years ago and I think I'll be in the club for a long time at the rate I post.

Gawd, with this, I'm in. x(

we'll protect you!

you got a bike for Christmas didn't you?

And I warned her about my parents and their driving in Portland. My mother drives very timidly and my father drives like he's 16 again...

Sorry, wrong Oregon DUer!

John Denver's one of my favorites. I admire his humanity, his talent and the fact that he was a fallible human just like the rest of us.

John Denver was influenced by many people, one of them being Buckminster Fuller. His album "It's About Time" has the World Game on the inside of the cover.

You must post. ;-)

I was sleeping. Having nightmares about being in the 700 club for ETERNITY!

:hi:

Just ignore the evangelists and post, for the love of gawd, post!!! :freak:

:hi:

In fact, my face looks like this:

:hurts: Just like Pat Robertson, no?

That was my nightmare! :scared:

a 1/4-20 and a M6x1 screw?

I'm an accountant...

Got one for you. Is there a difference between book depreciation and tax depreciatio on fixed assets?

:hi:

I guess you *can* ask anything and I'll choose to answer or be a smartass. :shrug:

:hi:

:bounce:

:hug:

:bounce: :hug:

The 700 club because of the number of posts. It's like flypaper, I tell ya. My brain, that is. ;)

:rofl:

It took me a while too!

:hi:

Robertson's site?"

Sometimes you guys need to let the rest of us in the loop. (But it is kind of fun trying to figure some of these threads out.)

to my engineer-father. He loves a challenge! :hi:

if your dad knows the movie, his response will be "what did you mean, an African swallow or a European swallow?"

or he'd get the joke. (Like father, like daughter?)

What's the movie??

:hi:

it's kind of a running joke in the movie.

He's got an incredible IQ but I think there's this equilibrium thing. Common sense and a sense of humor are reduced proportionately...

:)

After spending some time last month trying to develop alternate graphic presentations for kinematic ratios in winged flight, I decided to try to answer one of the timeless questions of science: just what is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
What do you mean, an African or European Swallow?

To begin with, I needed basic kinematic data on African and European swallow species.

South African Swallow
(Hirundo spilodera) European Swallow
(Hirundo rustica)

Although 47 of the 74 worldwide swallow species are found in Africa,1 only two species are named after the continent: the West African Swallow (Hirundo domicella) and the South African Swallow (Hirundo spilodera), also known as the South African Cave Swallow.

Since the range of the South African Swallow extends only as far north as Zaire,2 I felt fairly confident that this was the non-migratory African species referred to in previous discussions of the comparative and cooperative weight-bearing capabilities of African and European swallows.3

Kinematic data for both African species was difficult to find, but the Barn or European Swallow (Hirundo rustica) has been studied intensively, and kinematic data for that species was readily available.

It’s a simple question of weight ratios

A 54-year survey of 26,285 European Swallows captured and released by the Avian Demography Unit of the University of Capetown finds that the average adult European swallow has a wing length of 12.2 cm and a body mass of 20.3 grams.4

Because wing beat frequency and wing amplitude both scale with body mass,5 and flight kinematic data is available for at least 22 other bird species,6 it should be possible to estimate the frequency (f ) and amplitude (A) of the European Swallow by a comparison with similar species. With those two numbers, it will be possible to estimate airspeed (U).
In order to maintain airspeed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings forty-three times every second, right?

Actually, wrong. By comparing the European Swallow with bird species of similar body mass, we can estimate that the swallow beats its wings 18 times a second with an amplitude of 18 cm:
Species Body mass Frequency Amplitude
Zebra Finch 13 g 27 Hz 11 cm
European Swallow 20 g ≈ 18 Hz? ≈ 18 cm?
Downy Woodpecker 27 g 14 Hz 29 cm
Budgerigar 34 g 14 Hz 15 cm

Note that even the tiny Zebra Finch flaps its wings no more than 27 times a second while cruising.

If we ignore body mass and look only at bird species with a similar wingspan, we can estimate an average frequency of 14 beats per second and an amplitude of 23 cm:

EDIT: To give credit where credit is do.

Estimating the Airspeed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow

Hashing out the classic question with Strouhal numbers and simplified flight waveforms.

by Jonathan Corum

http://www.style.org/unladenswallow/

Someone really did the analysis??

:rofl:

:dilemma:

If I choose not to answer (or plead the 5th), you know what you can't ask. Fair enough?? :)

How does it feel to be in the 800 club!!!???



:yourock:

:shrug:

:shrug:

:scared:

parents called. Buckeye's game came on and the oven timer went off. Wish the cats would get off their butts and help.

:thumbsup: :hi: :hug: :loveya: :kick:

:)

BTW, I noticed you and I joined DU the same month, last Sept. I hit over 1,000+ posts in under two months. Sad, but true.;)

One of my talents is I'm a fast typist. heheh.

:hi:

I think I'm almost out of the club. I read alot, but don't always have the words or stamina to keep up with this group.

Let's see. Talents. Pretty decent singer and musician. Compassionate, empathetic, wicked sense of humor (in person much more than in writing) and I think I did a pretty good job raising my daughter almost single-handedly. (sp?)

Compassion is an obvious one for you!

:hi:

I am talented in bringing people together, making connections. I am good at making friends wherever I go because I remember, ultimately, we are all ONE and there is no separation.

Separation is an illusion.

:loveya:

I a singer, too. I'm in a community choir with 60 other people, called Pacific Voices. We sing and perform very inspiring and uplifting multi-cultural songs about peace and our common connection. Good stuff. I don't read music, but I've got a great ear and use the tape recorder a lot!

Great job on raising your daughter. That's hard work to do it on your own. Kudos to you...

Have you entered the "800 club" yet?? :) Probably yes, by now...

Keep on postin, gf!
:pals:

I've read music since I was in 2nd grade. Played flute until junior high when I started playing bassoon. I wanted to play french horn, but the school didn't have any more. Went to college on a music scholarship for two years. Changed my major to business when I realized the guy I was dating (and married) was going to be a musician. One of us had to earn a living.

We're divorced now and I'm slowly getting back into music again. Handbells at church and harmonizing with my daughter. :) SHE has the voice I wish I had. When she was in middle school, she would imitate Charlotte Church for fun. (I know, she's an odd child...)

Nice to see you around again!

:hug:

RL

a pair of lacers, some heels, dockers and tennis shoes. I'm pretty low-maintenance. I hate to shop.

How many pairs of shoes do YOU own?

Hope you're doing well. I know NYE was one you'd rather forget.

With this, you got me out of the 700 Club!

Thank you!

:hi:

off the top of my head...

Wear Doc Martins every day...

RL

:bounce:

Thanks for your help yesterday. Working today?

:hi:

:toast:

No, I am off today! :bounce:

Just chilling out at home! :hi:

Promise??

:bounce:

I HATE ND!

Severe storms just to the west.

Later!