I have no complaints about my yesterday other than I have nothing of significance to blog about. So, the good news is that today’s post about yesterday will be short and almost painless. Let’s get it done!
For our Wednesday evening outing, we hit the beach at Baloy. Kokomo’s was closed, so we went to Treasure Island instead. And there we ran into Kokomo’s owner, Steve, and our neighbors, Jeff and Davina.
When the rest of the group departed, Swan and I paid a visit to Green Room. Enjoyed watching some pool games and ordered some food from Sit-n-Bull before heading home.
And that was that for my Wednesday.
One of my commenters saw fit to create images that show a side of me that does not exist.
From the March 2014 LTG archives, my first post since returning to Korea and being forced to stay in the USA for thirteen months while Jee Yeun waited for her Green Card to be approved. Damn, I had it good back then.
Today’s YouTube video features a blogger talking about how turning seventy made him feel old for the first time in his life. I can relate. I’m still adjusting to the transition, but my overall attitude so far has been “fuck it, I’m going to die anyway.”
Let’s end this on a high note:
Okay then, we’ll try this again tomorrow. It’s bound to get better.
Well, that guy who passed 70 in the video seemed quite youthful, alert, and vigorous (he was 72, right?). Sorry to hear about his heart problems; he seems like someone who doesn’t deserve to be saddled with such problems given his overall health and activity level. But I suppose the Reaper comes for us all.
I had a good laugh at both of your “bakla” photos when I first saw the links.
And there we ran into Kokomo’s owner, Steve, and our neighbors, Jeff and Davina.
In the pic below that, Davina sure seems young-looking. Filipinas are lucky if they can be in their forties and still look five.
Re: Your pics.
Not going to lie – those were pretty funny. Maybe some Halloween costume ideas there?
John… I know you struggle with commas… and even math, so… I was studying some math topics and calculus, and fast forward, I hit a problem that involved multiplying by 5. Normally; I struggle with this if the number isn’t a multiple of 5 or odd… but then it hit me…I realized something and I couldn’t believe it.
When I was multiplying 5 × 46, I noticed it’s literally just half the number, then multiplied by 10.
Half of 40 is 20, and half of 6 is 3, which gives us 230.
HUH!?
Seriously, John…. total huh???
i stared at it for a second like… wait what lolz? how is that possible?? All i did was take half the number and move the decimal point one place to the right…
Then I tried a huge number: 5 × 65325… and I couldn’t believe it.
Half of 65325 is 32662.5…then multiply by 10 to get…326625!? bruh…
I was like; “No way this actually works for every number?! does it!?”
IT DOES! It does work for every NUMBER!! It was this easy to just multipply by five!? And I only just realized that!?
I know the result is 5…but when you think about it this way, it becomes much easier…interestinf yet fascinting.
Multiplying a number by 5 is the same as taking half of that number and then multiplying the result by 10.
I’m curious to know; why is that? are there any multiplications numbers that also do the same thing? if so what are they? I tried with 2, 4 but nothing comes close as clean as 5.
In practice:
it’s either one of these;
n × 5 = n × (10 ÷ 2)
n × 5 = (n ÷ 2) × 10
John, I love math…and so can you…. hopefully.
Draconius, I use the calculator app on my phone. Works every time.
Brian, nope, ain’t gonna happen. The Hash sometimes has a “red dress run,” but it ain’t for me either.
Kevin, I think the worst part of being elderly, at least for me, is that “like sands through an hourglass, so are the days of our lives” feeling. I’m in reasonably good health, but the clock is ticking and I could run out of time before I’m ready to go. That said, if I were to become disabled and unable to enjoy the simple pleasures of my life, I wouldn’t want life to go on.
It’s good to know that you and Brian find my female persona attractive.
That was a poorly written intro to the photo of me, Steve, and Steve’s daughter.
It’s good to know that you and Brian find my female persona attractive.
Now, now—all I said was I’d had a good laugh.
Fair enough, Kevin. The laugh’s on me!