An old one, but quite timely for urg at the moment. Enjoy.
Diane
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Q: How many list subscribers does it take to change a light bulb?

A: 1,331:

1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mail list that the light bulb
has been changed.

14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light
bulb could have been changed differently.

7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.

306 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy
the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this
technique, and what brands are faulty.

27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs.

53 to flame the spell checkers

156 to write to the list administrator complaining about the light bulb
discussion and its inappropriateness to this mail list.

41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames.

109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please take this
email exchange to alt.lite.bulb

203 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar, alt.spelling and
alt.punctuation about changing light bulbs be stopped.

111 to defend the posting to this list saying that we are all use light
bulbs and therefore the posts **are** relevant to this mail list.

27 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs

14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post corrected
URLs.

3 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this
list which makes light bulbs relevant to this list.

33 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote them including all headers
and footers, and then add "Me Too."

12 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because they cannot
handle the light bulb controversy.

19 to quote the "Me Too's" to say, "Me Three."

4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ

1 to propose new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup.

47 to say this is just what the archivists' listserv was meant for, leave it
here.

143 votes for alt.lite.bulb.

Why did you think of URG? There is no gardening content in it


In article , flake
writes
An old one, but quite timely for urg at the moment. Enjoy.
Diane
------------------------------------------------------------

Q: How many list subscribers does it take to change a light bulb?

A: 1,331:

1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mail list that the light bulb
has been changed.

14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light
bulb could have been changed differently.

7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.

306 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy
the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this
technique, and what brands are faulty.

27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs.

53 to flame the spell checkers

156 to write to the list administrator complaining about the light bulb
discussion and its inappropriateness to this mail list.

41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames.

109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please take this
email exchange to alt.lite.bulb

203 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar, alt.spelling and
alt.punctuation about changing light bulbs be stopped.

111 to defend the posting to this list saying that we are all use light
bulbs and therefore the posts **are** relevant to this mail list.

27 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs

14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post corrected
URLs.

3 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to this
list which makes light bulbs relevant to this list.

33 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote them including all headers
and footers, and then add "Me Too."

12 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because they cannot
handle the light bulb controversy.

19 to quote the "Me Too's" to say, "Me Three."

4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ

1 to propose new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup.

47 to say this is just what the archivists' listserv was meant for, leave it
here.

143 votes for alt.lite.bulb.



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River Class Assn Dinner Leamington Spa Sept 20th 2003.
Castle Class Corvettes Assn. Reunion October 2003 Isle of Wight.
National Service (RAF) Association reunion. Nov 2003 Scarborough.

"Mike" wrote in message
...


Why did you think of URG? There is no gardening content in it

Hi mike, I think the word "bulb" saved it from being OT. Oh damn, here we go
again.......

Steve:-))

In article , snafu steve
writes

"Mike" wrote in message
...


Why did you think of URG? There is no gardening content in it

Hi mike, I think the word "bulb" saved it from being OT. Oh damn, here we go
again.......

Steve:-))


As an Electrical Engineer may I point out that the original poster was
incorrect in referring to 'lamp' as a 'bulb'?

Or do you think he was testing the net nannies?

Mike

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Bringing up teenagers is like trying to nail jelly to a tree

In message , Mike
writes


Why did you think of URG? There is no gardening content in it

That'll be it then.............
--
Chris French and Helen Johnson, Leeds
urg Suppliers and References FAQ:
http://www.familyfrench.co.uk/garden/urgfaq/index.html

In article , Chris French and Helen
Johnson writes
In message , Mike
writes


Why did you think of URG? There is no gardening content in it

That'll be it then.............

Therefore the Subject line should have been.
Humour - OT. I saw this and thought of URG ...

;-)

Mike

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On a twin engined plane, if one engine fails,
There is sufficient power in the remainng engine,
To get it to the crash site.

In article ,
Mike wrote:
In article , snafu steve
writes

Why did you think of URG? There is no gardening content in it

Hi mike, I think the word "bulb" saved it from being OT. Oh damn, here we go
again.......

As an Electrical Engineer may I point out that the original poster was
incorrect in referring to 'lamp' as a 'bulb'?

As a pedant, may I point out that the use of the term "bulb" to mean
an object of that shape dates from 1715, at which time Electrical
Engineers were few and far between? And that the use of the term
"lamp" to refer to an incandescent filament in a glass bulb always
was a rather dubious, as a lamp was a vessel containing oil with a
wick (as distinct from a torch, candle etc.)?

No, for our next question, how many pedants does it take to reduce
a thread to absurdity?

The answer is none, because it happens anyway, but pendants catalyse
the process :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren,
University of Cambridge Computing Service,
New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QH, England.
Email:
Tel.: +44 1223 334761 Fax: +44 1223 334679

Mike scribbled:

On a twin engined plane, if one engine fails,
There is sufficient power in the remainng engine,
To get it to the crash site.

Must ask, how would a single engine airplane get to the "garden" crash site
in the event of a failure.

(note the mention of "garden" just to keep the topic)
Steve R

RAF rtd

"flake" pushed briefly to the front of the
queue on Fri, 6 Dec 2002 12:33:12 -0000, and nailed this to the shed
door:

^ An old one, but quite timely for urg at the moment. Enjoy.
^ Diane
^ ------------------------------------------------------------
^
^ Q: How many list subscribers does it take to change a light bulb?
^
^ A: 1,331:

(snip)

Hehe. I didn't add up all the component numbers to check that they
added up to 1331, but (being the sort of chap I am) I have to ask: is
there any significance in the number being 1331? On account of it
being 11 x 11 x 11? I mean, the chances of picking a random number and
it being a perfect cube are pretty slim, you know.

Andy

--
sparge at globalnet point co point uk

Look after the sins of write-commission,
and the sins of read-omission will take care of themselves.

In article , Andy Spragg
writes


perfect cube are pretty slim, you know.

How can a cube be slim?


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H.M.S.Collingwood Association reunion. Chatham May 30th - June 2nd
River Class Assn Dinner Leamington Spa Sept 20th 2003.
Castle Class Corvettes Assn. Reunion October 2003 Isle of Wight.
National Service (RAF) Association reunion. Nov 2003 Scarborough.

In article , Essjay001
writes
Mike scribbled:

On a twin engined plane, if one engine fails,
There is sufficient power in the remainng engine,
To get it to the crash site.

Must ask, how would a single engine airplane get to the "garden" crash site
in the event of a failure.

(note the mention of "garden" just to keep the topic)
Steve R

RAF rtd


IT WOULDN'T!! IT MUSTN'T. It must stay away from the gardens!!

Mike
ex Senior Service

Speak not always of what you think, but think always of what you
speak.

In article , Andy Spragg
writes
"flake" pushed briefly to the front of the
queue on Fri, 6 Dec 2002 12:33:12 -0000, and nailed this to the shed
door:

Hehe. I didn't add up all the component numbers to check that they
added up to 1331, but (being the sort of chap I am) I have to ask: is
there any significance in the number being 1331? On account of it
being 11 x 11 x 11? I mean, the chances of picking a random number and
it being a perfect cube are pretty slim, you know.

*How* slim? Let's have some accuracy here!
--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/garden/

Mike scribbled:

On a twin engined plane, if one engine fails,
There is sufficient power in the remainng engine,
To get it to the crash site.

Must ask, how would a single engine airplane get to the "garden" crash site
in the event of a failure.

(note the mention of "garden" just to keep the topic)
Steve R

RAF rtd

On a single engined plane, the crash site would move to the plane!

Dave.

Kay Easton pushed briefly to the front of
the queue on Sun, 8 Dec 2002 19:11:16 +0000, and nailed this to the
shed door:

^ In article , Andy Spragg
^ writes
^ "flake" pushed briefly to the front of the
^ queue on Fri, 6 Dec 2002 12:33:12 -0000, and nailed this to the shed
^ door:
^
^ Hehe. I didn't add up all the component numbers to check that they
^ added up to 1331, but (being the sort of chap I am) I have to ask: is
^ there any significance in the number being 1331? On account of it
^ being 11 x 11 x 11? I mean, the chances of picking a random number and
^ it being a perfect cube are pretty slim, you know.
^
^ *How* slim? Let's have some accuracy here!

We-ell ... I don't think there is actually an answer in general. If we
confine the question to a realistic range, however; let's suppose we
were to pick a number between 1000 and 10000, that seems a reasonable
sort of magnitude and in particular it brackets 1331. 10 cubed is
1000, and 22 cubed is greater than 10000. So the perfect cubes between
1000 and 10000 are the numbers 10-21 cubed, inclusive; so picking a
number at random between 1000 and 10000, the chances of it being a
perfect cube are approximately 11/9001, or 0.12% - a little over 1 in
1000. I'd call that pretty slim.

Andy

--
sparge at globalnet point co point uk

Look after the sins of write-commission,
and the sins of read-omission will take care of themselves.

In article , Andy Spragg
writes
Kay Easton pushed briefly to the front of
the queue on Sun, 8 Dec 2002 19:11:16 +0000, and nailed this to the
shed door:

^ In article , Andy Spragg
^ writes

^ Hehe. I didn't add up all the component numbers to check that they
^ added up to 1331, but (being the sort of chap I am) I have to ask: is
^ there any significance in the number being 1331? On account of it
^ being 11 x 11 x 11? I mean, the chances of picking a random number and
^ it being a perfect cube are pretty slim, you know.
^
^ *How* slim? Let's have some accuracy here!

We-ell ... I don't think there is actually an answer in general.

that's really what I was wondering - for example, the chance of picking
a single digit no at random and it being a perfect cube is 1 in 3. But
the chance clearly gets less as the numbers get larger - is there a
formula which gives the no of perfect cubes less than n? - presumably
the answer is yes, since they are fairly predictably arranged, unlike
primes.

But I'm now well OT!

--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/garden/