FW: OT: Kentucky Derby Day

[Bob Stockler]

Mark Luljak wrote (on Sat, May 03, 2008 at 11:50:20AM -0400):

| With neither thought nor caution, Mike Schwartz blurted:
| > 
| >      I hope the "not be around next year" part is in the generic sense.
| > (Like, there is a 1 in 472 chance that ANY one of us might not be around
| > next year...)
| 
| I think there's basically a 50/50 chance any of us might not be here
| tomorrow, if you account for non-linear events.  We could get hit by a bus,
| slip in the shower, whatever.  Seems like the probability should be lower
| than 50% because we beat the odds for so long, but since it's effectively a
| coin toss for every event, it seems to me that the odds would be -higher-
| because there are many events with catastrophic consequences.
| 
| The math is beyond me, in any event.
| 
| > Mike (still looking for mint to make a mint julep with in Wisconsin today)
| > Schwartz
| 
| I know the stuff grows up there.  We used to grow it in a flowerbed
| alongside the garage when I was a kid.  Mmmm...homemade mint jelly!  Yummy!

You want to be careful when growing mint . . . you want to plant
it in a pot or raised bed that's higher than a dog can lift his
hind leg.

Bob

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