Shel Silverstein poem,Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda:
All the woulda-coulda-shouldas
Layin’ in the sun,
Talkin’ ‘bout the things
They woulda-coulda-shouldas done …
But those woulda-coulda-shouldas
All ran away and hid
From one little did.
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Just killing time in the CCU!
TOP TEN THINGS HEARD AT MY FUNERAL:
⑩ “Who’s got the keys to the Shore House?”
⑨ “Whose got his passwords?”
⑧ “What do we do with 1,000 pounds of nitrogen packed rice?”
⑦ “What’s this about him having a George and a Martha at home?”
⑥ “Who wants 200 copies of CHURCH 10●19●62?”
⑤ “What can we do with 10,000 rounds of 22 longs?”
④ “How many long guns did he buy and where are they buried?”
③ “Never mind that, you fool, where did the old fart bury his gold?”
② “Remember: Don’t anyone touch the refrigerator! He was certifiable.”
AND THE NUMBER ONE THING HEARD AT MY FUNERAL:
① “Man! Am I glad that know-it-all-sob has left the building. Now lets get to the reading of the will.”
(ROFL, everyone will be surprised. I’ll have spent it all!)
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OK, it’s dumb. Spending real money to “win” points redeemable for over-priced prizes. That being said, Frau and I compete. Loser buys lunch. And when the “kids”, some of whom are actually children, everyone can get a “prize”. Which makes Frau happier than the “kid”. And, since I want Frau happy, I burn a few brain cells to win points. Free lunch ain’t bad either as a motivator.
SO it’s five card draw poker with five wild cards.
Here’s the Paytable in “points”
Natural Royal 800
Five of Kind 500
Wild Royal 300
St Flush 150
Four of Kind 75
Full House 40
Flush 20
Straight 8
Trips spin a dumb wheel
Two pair 5
9’s or better 4
Spinner has values: 3 – 500 – 5 – 50 – 250 – 4 – 25 – 100 – 1000 – 10 – 5000 – 15
Today’s sample spinner results:
3 1
4 6
5 1
10 2
15 2
25 1
50 1
100 0
250 0
500 0
1000 0
5000 0
Hard to calculate the EV of the wheel but here’s a guess 157/14 = 11 points per spin
Need a poker probability table for 14 card suits a-2-…t-j-q-k-w
Need a strategy for the discard.
Have to beat Frau for the free lunch.
Help?
Argh!
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Note: One has to consider the first ten cards of a random deck of 56 cards.
56C10?
Anyone have fifty six fingers?
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13c1 13c1 13c1 13c1 13c1 13c1 13c1 13c1 13c1 13c1
13c1 ** 10
1 out of 56 = 0.0178571…
(56)**10 possible combinations to consider
56C10
Thinking about it. Five card poker with 4 wild cards and a draw. It’s only about the ten cards. There’s a decision. By enumeration.
56*55*54*53*52 == 51*50*49*48*47
56*55= 3 080
*54= 166 320
*53= 8 814 960
*52= 458 377 920
*51=
*50=
*49=
*48=
*47=
Clearly beyond enumeration. Outsource to India.
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Posted by reinkefj
I hope I’m still blogging … probably from the home for old bloggers. With any luck, I’ll still be “advocating” for my “patient”.
Under the heading of “jumbo shrimp, the tooth fairy, and honest politicians” (i.e., things we wish for but don’t exist), I’d hope I had: won the lotto, seen the return to honest money, and Peace on Earth.
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My first novel. Five decades after it could have been written.
“CHURCH 10●19●62” 978-0-557-08387-9
Action, adventure, fiction, Cuban Missle Crisis, TEOTWAWKI, Alternative history, heroic, and I wrote it.
It’s what I wished had happened.
How’s that for sad?
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The chain guard is either poorly installed, defective, or been mistreated. It rubbed the read tire. So I, like the fat old white guy injineer I am, bent it back into shape. When riding (Yes I did ride it.) it made a repetitive metal on metal sound. So, I took it back to the shop where I found it needed a little more bending. (Pretty sad that I could bend it with my bear hands. I remember when you needed “tools” to work on metal or bikes. Argh!)
Took a few pedals up and down the block
(OK, four to be exact!)
The seat needs lowering. And, I need to work on it. Argh!
When did fat, old, and out of shape catch up with me?
Argh!
It’s going to be a long rest of my life.
Argh squared!
It’s not hot here on the porch, but I’m hot and sweaty from just that little bit of effort.
I better get a helet for when I fall off this thing and break my skull.
My brain is OBVIOUSLY all I have going for me.
Argh cubed!
You can all stop snickering now. And go read my book. (I have “John” riding a bike effortlessly there. In my imagination!)
It’s all the equipment’s fault!
It’s all effortless long-distance high-speed pedaling … … in my dream world!
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http://www.impactlab.com/2010/06/06/top-10-photos-of-the-week-131/
“Happily ever after? Not so much”
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I found this would be better titled: “Be careful what you wish for; you may get it!”
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Does anyone really believe that Derek Jeter drives a Ford Edge — with or without the retractable roof, or Sirius?
Argh!
Come on, guys, advertising has to be at least believable!
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http://www.impactlab.com/2010/05/30/only-in-russia/
May 30th, 2010 at 8:01 am
Only in Russia
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This is not your normal run-of-the-mill get your pig drunk, load him into a cannon, and fire him into space kind of story. But then again, maybe it is. This amazing store has been captured for all to see.
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Yah have to find this story funny!
Imagine being the pig.
And, it doesn’t tell the pig’s eventual fate. Dinner? Just doesn’t seem right to eat an astronaut.
Wonder how much that cost the Russian Gooferment?
LOL!
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