>>> On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:06:06 GMT, Mickey
>>> <mickey_and_edith@sbcnomorephishglobal.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> zob wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 19:16:15 -0800, "fmomoon" <fmomoon@comcast.net>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> "zob" <zob@ cox.net> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:eaqiq39umu945ubis354q5p8oaubsp2cab@4ax.com...
>>>>>>> On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 12:07:19 -0600, "CatNipped"
>>>>>>> <CatNipped@PossiblePlaces.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is that the one that had the question, if you start with 10 and take half
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>> that and then take half of the result, and then half again, etc., how many
>>>>>>>> calculations will it take you to get to zero?
>>>>>>> The answer to that one seems obvious to me. It only takes only one
>>>>>>> calculation ... if you take the *right* half of 10. :-D
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>> Zob
>>>>>> Oh my....a math pun....the shame of it all! LOL
>>>>> The sad truth is that in college I had a double major:
>>>>> Language and Math. (For real!) Heh.
>>>> Language and Math? Are you my grandmother? That would make you class of
>>>> 02... 1902.
>>>>
>>>> The Other Mickey
>>> That should have been "Languages," plural. It started as a
>>> French/Math major, which was kind of a cheat because my family was
>>> French speaking. But halfway through I got more interested in the
>>> linguistics and phonology of European languages in general and ended
>>> up with more credits in that type of thing than in French. Mostly
>>> completely useless stuff now.
>>>
>>> However, if you want to know exactly how to hold your mouth to form
>>> the sound of a German "ü" or a French "ú" (which have no English
>>> equivalents) ... then I'm your man! lol.
>>> ---
>>> Zob
>> specific. (Which was odd, as her father spoke French.) It was a rather
>> unusual pair of majors for a woman back then. (I have her diploma.)
Vandar
fmomoon
