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On Sun, 15 Mar 2015 14:17:02 -0500, Sqwertz >
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>On Sat, 14 Mar 2015 15:32:10 -0500, Michel Boucher wrote:
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>> graham > wrote in news:2F%Mw.13048$pp5.10983
>> @fx29.iad:
>>
>>> A math teacher in Ontario has memorised it to 10,000+ places.
>>> Everyone needs a hobby!

>>
>> My wife's cousin's boy has memorized it to 100 places. He recited
>> it last night and at one point I stopped him and told him he was
>> repeating himself ;-)

>
>I hope he set you straight - Pi doesn't repeat itself. It's the
>ultimate number.
>
>-sw


Neither does 'e', the base of the Nautural logarithm, AKA Euler's
Number:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_%28ma...al_constant%29

Pi and 'e' are considered irrational and/or transcendental numbers. Pi
used to be my favorite number, until I discovered 'e' in engineering
school! :-)

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On 2015-03-16 9:32 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 3/16/2015 12:10 AM, I'm back on the laptop wrote:
>> Nancy Young > wrote

>
>>>> I also make my own sausage rolls as most commercial s'rolls have
>>>> pepper in them.
>>>
>>> You don't like pepper, I take it.

>>
>>
>> Unfortunately, it's not that I don't like it (I used to have chilli and
>> pepper on most things, and loved all spicy food), it's just my
>> stomachs/body's metabolism/chemical makeup has changed and I can't have
>> it . Same with anything spicy.

>
> Ah. That stinks.
>
>>> Nice. Not the same but it reminded me I'm running out of weather
>>> to make stromboli.

>>
>>
>> Over here they would be called a calzone :-)

>
> Not here. A calzone resembles a folded pizza more than anything.
>
> A stromboli is rolled and otherwise doesn't resemble any calzone
> I've had.


I have never seen a calzone for sale around here. A local Italian bakery
sells stromboli. I tried one once. It was basically a mini pizza rolled
up and baked.



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On 3/16/2015 10:37 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2015-03-16 9:32 AM, Nancy Young wrote:


>> Not here. A calzone resembles a folded pizza more than anything.
>>
>> A stromboli is rolled and otherwise doesn't resemble any calzone
>> I've had.

>
> I have never seen a calzone for sale around here. A local Italian bakery
> sells stromboli. I tried one once. It was basically a mini pizza rolled
> up and baked.


My stromboli is way less cheesy and different cheese from pizza,
and more variety of meats. When I say my stromboli, it's actually
any stromboli I've ever had anywhere, but I can't speak for what
you had.

I use capicola, salami, ham, along those lines, it makes up the
bulk of the filling. Provolone. I personally do more of an
envelope than a roll, but that's my preference.

nancy

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"I'm back on the laptop" > wrote in
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>> Obviously you failed to grasp the concept of allegory
>> (emphasis on the -gory).

>
> Don't think there was any allegory about it.... it's just a
> weird assed movie ;-)


*facepalm*

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On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 10:37:46 -0400, Dave Smith
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>On 2015-03-16 9:32 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
>> On 3/16/2015 12:10 AM, I'm back on the laptop wrote:
>>> Nancy Young > wrote

>>
>>>>> I also make my own sausage rolls as most commercial s'rolls have
>>>>> pepper in them.
>>>>
>>>> You don't like pepper, I take it.
>>>
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, it's not that I don't like it (I used to have chilli and
>>> pepper on most things, and loved all spicy food), it's just my
>>> stomachs/body's metabolism/chemical makeup has changed and I can't have
>>> it . Same with anything spicy.

>>
>> Ah. That stinks.
>>
>>>> Nice. Not the same but it reminded me I'm running out of weather
>>>> to make stromboli.
>>>
>>>
>>> Over here they would be called a calzone :-)

>>
>> Not here. A calzone resembles a folded pizza more than anything.
>>
>> A stromboli is rolled and otherwise doesn't resemble any calzone
>> I've had.

>
>I have never seen a calzone for sale around here. A local Italian bakery
>sells stromboli. I tried one once. It was basically a mini pizza rolled
>up and baked.
>
>


Always amazed me how many different Italian food dishes are made with
the same basic ingredients arrannged in so many different ways, all
with cool sounding names and ALL delicious! :-) YUM!!

Those Italians sure know their food! :-)

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John Kuthe > wrote in
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>>> My wife's cousin's boy has memorized it to 100 places. He
>>> recited it last night and at one point I stopped him and
>>> told him he was repeating himself ;-)

>>
>>I hope he set you straight - Pi doesn't repeat itself. It's
>>the ultimate number.
>>
>>-sw

>
> Neither does 'e', the base of the Nautural logarithm


It was a joke and he got the joke. *facepalm*

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> On 3/16/2015 1:29 AM, Cheri wrote:
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>> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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>>> I rather got the idea what to expect before seeing it. The only
>>> WTF movie I remember quitting on was about Noah's ark and there were
>>> ancient rock people helping them. I tried to hang in there but it
>>> was just ludicrous.

>>
>> Agree, it was terrible and I couldn't even finish the stupid thing.

>
> Right? It was so stupid it wasn't even laughable. It probably has
> a cult following it was so ridiculous. I wonder what the actors
> thought when they saw how it turned out with the cgi.
>
> nancy


No, it wasn't even laughable, and ancient rocks was the last straw. :-)

Cheri

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On 3/16/2015 11:55 AM, Michel Boucher wrote:
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>>>> My wife's cousin's boy has memorized it to 100 places. He
>>>> recited it last night and at one point I stopped him and
>>>> told him he was repeating himself ;-)
>>>
>>> I hope he set you straight - Pi doesn't repeat itself. It's
>>> the ultimate number.
>>>
>>> -sw

>>
>> Neither does 'e', the base of the Nautural logarithm

>
> It was a joke and he got the joke. *facepalm*
>

I don't where it will come but any number sequence will be found in pi.
You could reach the point where 5 1's in a row are needed.

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On Sun, 15 Mar 2015 21:34:00 -0400, Dave Smith
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> I guess the movie was confusing for the people who could not read well
> enough to understand the book.


It was a weird and boring movie. Zero desire to read the book.

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On 3/16/2015 3:12 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Mar 2015 21:34:00 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
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>> I guess the movie was confusing for the people who could not read well
>> enough to understand the book.

>
> It was a weird and boring movie. Zero desire to read the book.
>

Factoid: A man who lives (part time, anyway) on Dataw won an academy
award for special effects for 'The Life of Pi'. He was part of a team,
of course. I never saw the movie, never read the book.

Jill
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