Wonder what happened to that guy? It was kind of interesting having a "man of science" in the neighborhood. I was just fixin' to delve into UFOs (maybe that sort of thing was the problem) when he vanished.
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Return of the physicist
Maybe he'll come back if we take an oath not to ask him any more stupid questions.
I know for a fact that scientists are sensitive -- I lived next door to one, a physicist (that's fizz-eye-cyst FYI -- he was insistent it be properly pronounced), in adjoining dorm rooms for one semester and he was quite upset when I got drunk and threw up in his shower. As to why; it's a mystery -- my roommate and even his did the same (it was a popular and handy place to throw up).
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Earthquake Man
I thought it was a fair deal Bart.
Answering his neophyte tax questions with expert folks, in exchange for him answering our neophyte earthquake questions with his expertise.
Really, I had an ulterior motive. I was looking for a retirement home in an area that didn't have earthquakes. Last time I asked this question someone told me "The Gulf Coast doesn't have earthquakes. Buy there."
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Ufo
I had a client who was retired from the air force and had a pension to prove it. He claimed
he worked at area 51 and he saw 8 alien flying saucers in hangers. My 45 year old son
and 65 year old neighbor saw a UFO flying so low they could see creatures inside looking
out of the windows. I believe it is arrogent for us to believe that we are the only life forms in
the entire universe.
IRS announced that they now require a receipt for clothing donated and that the clothing
must be in good condition and that socks and underwear will NOT qualify for a deduction.Comment
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I've always let my clients
>>socks and underwear will NOT qualify for a deduction<<
I've always let my clients take off their underwear.Comment
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How about tin foil hats? Do we need a receipt or what?Originally posted by dyneComment
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Not Sensitive
BB:
I'm a physicist and I'm not sensitive. When I was in college, I got drunk and threw up all over my friend.
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Marmer
Been awhile since we've heard from you, Gary!
Since you've resurfaced, were you in synch with the BallScientist when he was with us? He made a few posts which indicated he knew virtually nothing about taxes, but since he was a geologist, we asked him a few questions which indicated we knew nothing about geology either.
Bart and I were curious about the next hurrah for the New Madrid Fault, for example. When we started asking questions, he quit posting...
By the way, we've had a very Phoenix-like summer in these parts.
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Phoenix-like weather
You forget. Phoenix has a dry heat. Tennessee is humid. Not the same.
I must have missed Ballscientist's post.
I don't think anyone knows when the next Madrid Fault event will occur. If seismologists could predict earthquakes, there would be many less casuaties. Remember, sunamis are triggered by earthquakes, and they have killed thousands in the last yeart or two.
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The insensitive scientist
Gary/ Nice to have another "man of science" weigh in. What exactly does a physicist do (other than get physical with things)?Originally posted by Gary
Pro-UFOs or pro-tinfoil hats?Comment
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What Does a Physicisat Do?
BB:
I spent the last 20 years of my career before I retired in 1998 working on finding a place to bury high-level nuclear waste. When i began working on the project, the repository was supposed to be opened to accept waste in 1998. It is now 2006 and there is still no repository. Hopefully, it will be at Yucca Mountain at the Nevada Test Site, but there are still people fighting it. Who knows.
Tax preparation was my second career.
My third career is music. I play in a band (hammered dulcimer) and I'm taking music classes at the local community college.
Only God knows what I will do when I get old!!!
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Interesting
I assume you know something about radioactivity, so let me ask you something. This was probably before your time, but as a young boy in the late forties my mom took us to a shoe store where you stuck your foot into a kind of a tall wooden box and you could see your foot inside the shoe under a green light. If you know what I'm talking about, was that an X-ray or what? Thanks.Comment
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The Shoe Horn
Bart You were lucky.
Mom's shoe store had The Shoe Horn from Hell. No matter the shape of your feet or the size of the shoe, the Shoe Horn should manage to get your foot into the shoe.
No green light or nothin'. No callouses, bunions, pigeon-toed bones, or anything could defeat the Shoe Horn. A smiling man in a shirt and tie would smile at mother and tell her, "As you can see, these shoes fit PERFECTLY." And of course Mom would shovel me off to the car whether I could walk or not...Comment
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A little story about the shoe x-ray box.
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A "woman of science"
Yup, that's it alright. Thanks Jan.Originally posted by JanComment
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