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citycat wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 02, 2019 3:13 pm

After many years of academic and professional life, nothing matters but the immediate problem in front of you. No one cares if you know there are 100 Senators and 435 Representatives or that Alpha Centari is the closest star to the Earth other than the Sun.

If you go to bar trivia, then those facts matter.

Nicholas says he votes in every election and that he has lived in 6 different places since 2005. If he lived in 6 different Congressional Districts, he would have voted in the same district twice because there have been 7 Congressional elections since 2005. He should have noticed the the same candidate on the ballot 2 elections in a row. (It is possible a challenger beats an incumbent in the first election and doesn't run for reelection, but that is very rare and would have created a lot of news coverage, which Nicholas should have seen/heard.)

In his defense, he can't be a hoarder. You can't move that often an pile up extraneous stuff.

Davidson required Physical Education credits in my era. Why not have one fewer PE credit and have a required course entitled, "Stuff You Need to Know to be a Functioning Human". Students are required to know how many Senators and Congressman there are, how often elections take place, where and how to register to vote, and where the red and black jumper cables go.

Seamac77 can teach basic meteorology. He can explain why you should get in a ditch when you're outside and a funnel cloud appears. Stevelee and Dr. Bliss can teach music appreciation.

Baksetball Player Banned From Playing After Drug Test Says He's Pregnant

stevelee wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 05, 2019 9:15 pm

Great headline:

Baksetball Player Banned From Playing After Drug Test Says He's Pregnant

citycat wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 02, 2019 6:03 pm

Dr. Bliss has a great suggestion. Students should be given a tour of the campus by a botanist who can point out unique plants and trees. Someone went to a lot of trouble to nail those little tags on every tree on the front lawn.

My dad agreed to send me to Davidson when we were walking around the lawn and there was a tree near Martin Library with a pipe driven into a fork between the trunk and a branch. In time, water would have collected in the fork and split the tree in two. The pipe was 15 feet up the trunk.

My dad was impressed someone had noticed the problem and had gone to the trouble to alleviate it.