Dr. Pepper

Is this for ICOT or can I answer?

Can you give it a try? Can you explain what “the wagon” is?

Can you give me the length of two of the sides and the angle between them so I can pinpoint the location of the wagon?

I can only try-

Yes, it was in response to your answer.

I noticed that the posts are only being approved every couple of hours or so. When I logged on and saw that some where recently approved I wanted to send a quick post before the mod logged off for the night, therefore I only had time for a one word reply.

Here’s the formula I used in Excel =BINOMDIST(3,8,(1/12),FALSE)

Exactly!

I was asked to sub a kindergarten class and had about one minute to prepare.

Getting up in front of all these 4 and 5 year olds I asked who knew what was special about that day.

One kid raised his hand and said it was Rosh Chodesh. I was very impressed and asked how he knew. “My Tatty went to shul this morning!”

Then I explained how they could tell it’s Rosh Chodesh by seeing that there’s no moon in the sky…

Next Question: Why was it important to know when Rosh Chodesh was? (I was hoping someone would answer that since I didn’t know what to tell them.)

One kid raised his hand and said, “So that my Mommy will know if she has to put a white shirt on me.”

I had lots of fun that day, but I can’t imagine doing it full time.

BP Totty-

I just noticed another interesting building very close to that building. I think the address is 15 Park Place (J & R Music is on the bottom floor). The building has around 30 floors but the top three are two three-floor cupolas at either end of the building.

The bottom floors are offices for J & R, 11 to 26 are apartments, I’m not sure what’s on 27 but floors 28,29 and 30 are the cupolas which are empty. If I had $60-80 million to burn I’d sooner move in to one of the cupolas and just fly first class if I ever need to travel.

This building might have once been the tallest building in the world. If anyone has any way to find out I’d appreciate it.

Ben Torah-

I respectfully ask if you can please keep the posts shorter and to the point, I had a hard time following it.

After quoting my post you (bluntly) said “Wrong”. Was that referring to the whole post or just part of it? I know it’s just my opinion (and I’m not trying to push it as fact) but I’d be surprised if you don’t agree with most of it.

It all depends on where the money comes from. If his parents are supporting him or if his wife is supporting him then yes it is a 100% legitimate form of income.

I hope you agree with this, I can’t imagine why anyone would have a problem.

If the money is coming from other sources, which is beyond the scope of this thread, then no, it is not a legitimate source of income.

I’m apologize for being purposely vague over here, I was hoping that other would realize I was referring to fraud with out explicitly spelling it out.

The difference between being a baseball player and being supported by your fans and learning in Kollel and being supported by the community is that fans decide based on ones performance if they want to pay to watch you play. It’s totally their decision.

Again, over here, I was being vague. The “community support” that I was referring to was in the form of extra tuition and the likes. You’ll probably agree that this form of “payment” is forced regardless of whether or not one “employs” the Kollel fellow. (The reason I chose to be vague was that I didn’t want other posters with different agendas to hijack this thread.)

Of course I agree that if one has a relationship with another where the agreement is that one supports the other in Kollel then it is between the two of them and no one else’s business.

You deserve credit though for the comparison although I don’t like the way it skews the importance of learning verses playing professional sports (if you were to compare their salaries).

(Sorry if I just violated what I asked you not to do.)

squeak-

I’m glad you got a good laugh at that. I owed you two laughs after the red stapler comment (one for me, one for my wife).

I guess I still owe you one.

Today we’re getting a visit from the Bobs,

Consultants who wish to slash jobs,

But I have people skills,

and lots of bills,

What a bunch of snobs!

The fax machine next to us always jammed

and made noises we couldn’t stand

we ripped off the thing

and each took a swing

and two co-workers were canned.

I didn’t say to get rid of it, I said to disregard it. (Keep it there but move it when you rotate the rest of the word around the y-axis.)

Disregarding the first letter- the word is a palindrome.

BP Totty-

I’m still in shock at how close I came to meeting you and your family on the ferry last week. I think we also took the 2:30 ferry back. I would have loved to introduce you to my wife and kids, I’m sure they would have gotten a kick out of you. (I’m sure you must be more interesting than a houseplant.)

Well anyway, I didn’t know where to post this so I guess I’ll put it here since it happened on the ferry.

There was this really cute British couple there with their two kids, the kind of family you’d love to have over for supper. (No, it wasn’t their humour that gave it away, it was their accent.)

The wife asks me if I’m a native and if so can she have permission to ask me a question. I respond in the affirmative to both.

Pointing to the Brooklyn Bridge, she asked if it was built by England. I answered that it was designed by a German named John Roebling but built by Americans, possibly immigrants but not by the English per se.

“Wasn’t that the bridge that was built in England and sent here by boat in pieces?”

At this point her husband interrupted and said, “Sweetie, you’re mixing up the Brooklyn Bridge with the Statue of Liberty and England with France!”

“But Honey”, she countered, “wasn’t there a bridge built in England?”

“Yes Sweetie, it’s called London Bridge, but it’s in London, not New York.”

“But Honey, didn’t we give one to New York as a present?”

“Sweetie, please stop, you embarrass me every time you open your mouth.”

(They were both giggling at the end and she still insisted that one of the bridges was a gift from England delivered here by boat and assembled.)

SJSinNYC-

You can’t help someone unless they are willing to be helped.

Trust me.

That’s why in a different thread regarding what kind of Chesed Organizations would I like to see I suggested an organization that helps people help themselves. Expanding on that it should also teach people how to receive help when they do need it.

Now oomis1105 if you can end the debate

about bringing ===>Purses on a Date<===

between me and Squeak

we’re up the creek

Thanks, that would be grrreeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaat!

Sorry Blinky, I didn’t realize that there were rules about the length of the lines. Let me try one again:

oomis1105 is thrilled to go on the date,

The Shadchan promised that the guy is great,

But the guy’s a math wizard,

Who’s proud of his lizard,

oomis1105 begins to plan her great escape.

Y.W. Editor-

Thanks for posting that, I didn’t think they had any followers other than themselves.

Also I’m sure you weren’t trying to hurt anyone but I’ve heard that parents of special children take serious offence at the “r” word being used to describe others. Would you be able to choose a different word?

blinky-

I can’t compete with the ones from Squeak.

Sorry 🙁

oomis1105-

Who ever invented the gun was trying to open a can of worms by naming a major component with something that rhymes with “shvigger”.

You don’t necessarily have to agree with someone to respect them. If you have certain standards (and honestly keep them) a less observant person will probably understand why they are able to eat in your house, but won’t be offended if you won’t eat by them. You’ll probably both agree that your kids are better off not marrying each other, but you’ll be there for each other by the respective weddings.

Squeak-

Sorry to be a stickler but:

Integral t-squared dt

from 1 to the cube root of 3

times the cosine

of three pi over 9

equals natural log of the cube root of e.

oomis1105-

Squeak and I were having a debate about you. Can you head over to the Purses on Dates thread and resolve it?

Thanks

Only the single people perished, the couples survived?

I can only try-

I would use the binomial distribution to solve this.

To win in 4 games the Phillies need to win 4 games in a row, with a .50 chance of winning each game the probability of winning 4 in a row is .5^4 = .0625. (You can also use the binomial distribution but that is overkill for this case.)

To win in 5 games the Phillies need to win exactly three out of the first four games and game number five. The probability is (4 nCr 3) * (.5^3) * (.5^1) * .5 = 4 * .5^5 = .125.

To win in 6 games the Phillies need to win exactly three out of the first five games and game number six. The probability is (5 nCr 3) * (.5^3) * (.5^2) * .5 = 10 * .5^6 = .15625.

To win in 7 games the Phillies need to win exactly three out of the first six games and game number seven. The probability is (6 nCr 3) * (.5^3) * (.5^3) * .5 = 20 * .5^7 = .15625 (as above).

P(Winning in 4 or 5 games) = .0625 + .125 = .1875 = 18.75%

P(Winning in 6 or 7 games) = .15625 + .15625 = .3125 = 31.25%

So there is a much better chance that they will win in 6 or 7 games.

Please take note that 18.75% + 31.25% = 50% since each team has an equal chance of winning.

Using Excel, copy this table to a spreadsheet, the “3” should be in Cell A1:

3       =BINOMDIST(3,A1,0.5,FALSE)	=B1*0.5

4	=BINOMDIST(3,A2,0.5,FALSE)	=B2*0.5

5	=BINOMDIST(3,A3,0.5,FALSE)	=B3*0.5

6	=BINOMDIST(3,A4,0.5,FALSE)	=B4*0.5

If you’re not familiar with the binomial distribution please let me know.

(Can I suggest what type of soda to get.)