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A Far Piece
Apr/26/10 04:53 PM Filed in: People
A Far Piece
From the beginning of recorded history man has found it advantageous to divide his world into units of time, space, and weight. He has given names to each unit and set standards for all to follow. Time has been divided into hours, minutes, and seconds while space is measured in miles, feet and inches. Today’s standards of measurement are very precise; down to “the last decimal point.” However, I have been unable to find anyone to tell me exactly how to find the last decimal point. Nor can I find a conversion table to tell me how many “pinches of salt” there are in a teaspoon, or how many “gulps” are in a glass of water. Was the straw which “broke the camel’s back” as “light as a feather?” It still remains a mystery as to how many feet you have to walk to get “over yonder,” how many miles it is “from here to Timbuktu” and what fraction of a second is a “blink of an eye.” Last night I didn’t “sleep a wink,” so by my calculations a wink can be either very long or very short depending if I am taking “40 winks.”
Today we read that there may be billions of galaxies in “outer space.” If that is true, then what is in “inter space?” I think I can visualize what is a “ton of money,” but what is the dollar value of a “pile of money?” My biggest worry today is how many more years will I live before I am “taxed to death.” I only hope that my grandchildren will be strong enough to support the “burden of taxes” they will be “saddled with” in the future.
I have searched the internet without success to find the temperature of a “hot potato” and a “cold mackerel.” I would like to know how fast a “streak of lightening” is and how slow is “molasses in January.” We know that there are 7 “Blue Moons” every 19 years, but is a “Coon’s Age” more or less than a year?
Do you remember when a “perk” referred to coffee? It would be wonderful if today’s bank executive’s perks were just cups of coffee. I’ll “end on that note” which you are probably thinking is “a far piece” down the musical scale.
From the beginning of recorded history man has found it advantageous to divide his world into units of time, space, and weight. He has given names to each unit and set standards for all to follow. Time has been divided into hours, minutes, and seconds while space is measured in miles, feet and inches. Today’s standards of measurement are very precise; down to “the last decimal point.” However, I have been unable to find anyone to tell me exactly how to find the last decimal point. Nor can I find a conversion table to tell me how many “pinches of salt” there are in a teaspoon, or how many “gulps” are in a glass of water. Was the straw which “broke the camel’s back” as “light as a feather?” It still remains a mystery as to how many feet you have to walk to get “over yonder,” how many miles it is “from here to Timbuktu” and what fraction of a second is a “blink of an eye.” Last night I didn’t “sleep a wink,” so by my calculations a wink can be either very long or very short depending if I am taking “40 winks.”
Today we read that there may be billions of galaxies in “outer space.” If that is true, then what is in “inter space?” I think I can visualize what is a “ton of money,” but what is the dollar value of a “pile of money?” My biggest worry today is how many more years will I live before I am “taxed to death.” I only hope that my grandchildren will be strong enough to support the “burden of taxes” they will be “saddled with” in the future.
I have searched the internet without success to find the temperature of a “hot potato” and a “cold mackerel.” I would like to know how fast a “streak of lightening” is and how slow is “molasses in January.” We know that there are 7 “Blue Moons” every 19 years, but is a “Coon’s Age” more or less than a year?
Do you remember when a “perk” referred to coffee? It would be wonderful if today’s bank executive’s perks were just cups of coffee. I’ll “end on that note” which you are probably thinking is “a far piece” down the musical scale.