Re: [math-fun] Numerical nerdism
RD used to be headquartered near to where Hillary's emails are/were stored. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reader%27s_Digest Perhaps "RD" should stand for "ReDaction", as there's a lot of extremely selective memory going on in those parts. At 11:45 PM 3/10/2015, rcs@xmission.com wrote:
RD = Reader's Digest. They published (condensed) articles from other magazines. I don't know if they are still around. They were a big deal in the 1950s. --Rich
One memory lapse includes listing the former RD HQ as Chappaqua, N.Y. Maybe they're close, but throughout my childhood and beyond, the HQ of RD was listed as Pleasantville, N.Y. --Dan
On Mar 11, 2015, at 6:10 PM, Henry Baker <hbaker1@pipeline.com> wrote:
RD used to be headquartered near to where Hillary's emails are/were stored.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reader%27s_Digest
Perhaps "RD" should stand for "ReDaction", as there's a lot of extremely selective memory going on in those parts.
While attending a wedding several years ago, I drove by both (RD HQ & downtown(!) Chappaqua). They're quite close together. At 08:41 PM 3/11/2015, Dan Asimov wrote:
One memory lapse includes listing the former RD HQ as Chappaqua, N.Y.
Maybe they're close, but throughout my childhood and beyond, the HQ of RD was listed as Pleasantville, N.Y.
--Dan
On Mar 11, 2015, at 6:10 PM, Henry Baker <hbaker1@pipeline.com> wrote:
RD used to be headquartered near to where Hillary's emails are/were stored.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reader%27s_Digest
Perhaps "RD" should stand for "ReDaction", as there's a lot of extremely selective memory going on in those parts.
Since I lived in Northern Westchester County NY for 10 years I often passed the RD HQ. They were on the Roaring Brook Rd exit/entrance on the Saw Mill River Parkway. They were in the town of Mount Pleasant, I believe, (part of Chappaqua is in that town). They chose the Pleasantville mailing address because of its nice sound. They aren't actually in Pleasantville. Victor On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 11:41 PM, Dan Asimov <asimov@msri.org> wrote:
One memory lapse includes listing the former RD HQ as Chappaqua, N.Y.
Maybe they're close, but throughout my childhood and beyond, the HQ of RD was listed as Pleasantville, N.Y.
--Dan
On Mar 11, 2015, at 6:10 PM, Henry Baker <hbaker1@pipeline.com> wrote:
RD used to be headquartered near to where Hillary's emails are/were stored.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reader%27s_Digest
Perhaps "RD" should stand for "ReDaction", as there's a lot of extremely selective memory going on in those parts.
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