tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677178247300264142.post1341939284602657387..comments2023-06-13T08:23:51.707-05:00Comments on FLIGHTS OF PEGASUS: By the NumbersFleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11134828658060646685noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677178247300264142.post-88280219038461958152007-04-22T16:33:00.000-05:002007-04-22T16:33:00.000-05:00Alistair, I'm with you: Number 1 seems best, but I...Alistair, I'm with you: Number 1 seems best, but I've always been drawn to 2.Fleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11134828658060646685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677178247300264142.post-74446461742401737802007-04-19T17:19:00.000-05:002007-04-19T17:19:00.000-05:00numbers are a language.my number is one.all.everyt...numbers are a language.<BR/><BR/>my number is one.<BR/><BR/>all.<BR/><BR/>everything.<BR/><BR/>continuously.<BR/><BR/>though the one plus one concept has some appeal.......Dr.Alistairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03308832220555479141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677178247300264142.post-18811998999468171182007-04-13T19:58:00.000-05:002007-04-13T19:58:00.000-05:00I keep trying to convince the bank manager that th...I keep trying to convince the bank manager that the only difference between 1 dollar and $1,000 is a whole heap of nothings, but haven't succeed yet. He keeps insisting that that sort of "nothing" is important .. if that makes sense ..Davohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785126939071213905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677178247300264142.post-45069888941415602792007-04-13T17:44:00.000-05:002007-04-13T17:44:00.000-05:00Davo, I like your comment, especially since I have...Davo, I like your comment, especially since I have the same attitude toward 'rithmetic.<BR/><BR/>I think that what you and Yves have written here is too interesting and creative to be buried in "Comments". Your comment is really a clever little essay that deserves to be published, but on the spur of the moment I don't know what to do about it.Fleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11134828658060646685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677178247300264142.post-39671727985804214752007-04-13T17:33:00.000-05:002007-04-13T17:33:00.000-05:00I love readin' and 'riting, but am not enamoured b...I love readin' and 'riting, but am not enamoured by 'rithmetic.<BR/><BR/>For some reason, in my mind -<BR/>1+0= peace and quiet;<BR/>1+1= silky skin and possible progeny;<BR/>1+2= conflict resolution;<BR/>2+2= a dinner party;<BR/><BR/>and 10X20= too many.<BR/><BR/>Strange, really, how the invention of the chronometer has multiplied the numbers in our lives. Vast numbers of numbers disappear if one lives on a bush block without a clock.<BR/><BR/>When I lived on the boat, the only numbers that really concerned me were Depth, Nautical miles, Lat. and Long. Even the numerical equivalent of "wind speed" was irrelevant, as it could be "felt".<BR/><BR/>These days am beset, besieged and almost overwhelmed by numbers - mostly the negative ones on my bank statement .. heh.Davohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785126939071213905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677178247300264142.post-59231947721424705552007-04-11T06:54:00.000-05:002007-04-11T06:54:00.000-05:00Yves, I've been wondering how people would react t...Yves, I've been wondering how people would react to this post, and so I'm especially glad to get your comment. <BR/><BR/>It's nice to know I'm not the only one who reacts that way to the clock in early morning.<BR/><BR/>After I'd written the post I thought that it was unnecessarily pessimistic . . . as you illuminate in your last paragraph. There is choice involved as far as the importance of numbers in one's life is concerned, and I prefer to make numbers as insignificant as I can.Fleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11134828658060646685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7677178247300264142.post-69906584325637781732007-04-10T22:36:00.000-05:002007-04-10T22:36:00.000-05:00Fleming this was a very neat post! I'd been throug...Fleming this was a very neat post! I'd been through the same thing myself, having flopped into bed at 8pm and then considered it too early to get up at 2:07. It's 4:27 now & I've been writing an hour. <BR/><BR/>The power of numbers over our lives came out in all your examples, which had a kind of emotional aura.<BR/><BR/>We can escape their magnetic influence only to fall into some other. At present in my manuscript I am considering the influence of shrubs and blossoms on my consciousness, and indeed wayside weeds. I may be a bit more botanical than most but my brain tends to interlock with anything and everything it encounters.<BR/><BR/>So what is my point? "Slave" may be too strong a word, Fleming, unless you can paint the picture of how things will be when you are not enslaved to anything.Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.com