Re: [math-fun] Draft of my June 17, 2019 essay
Fred Lunnon <fred.lunnon@gmail.com> wrote:
Was your dad a miner?
No, but he was a minor (decades before I was born). And, believe it or not, he never once visited the sun, with or without pick and shovel. Nor Titan either. Have you read Mr. Propp's draft? My response to his draft was in the same spirit as the draft.
Naturally --- I never miss one of James' drafts! (What, never?) Well, hardly ever ... WFL On 6/14/19, Keith F. Lynch <kfl@keithlynch.net> wrote:
Fred Lunnon <fred.lunnon@gmail.com> wrote:
Was your dad a miner?
No, but he was a minor (decades before I was born). And, believe it or not, he never once visited the sun, with or without pick and shovel. Nor Titan either.
Have you read Mr. Propp's draft? My response to his draft was in the same spirit as the draft.
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I seem to recall that for the last half of W. S. Gilbert’s life, he had to avoid using the word “never” in public because of all the wags who would jump in with “What, never?” Was “What, never?” the first viral catch-phrase? Jim On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 9:48 PM Fred Lunnon <fred.lunnon@gmail.com> wrote:
Naturally --- I never miss one of James' drafts! (What, never?) Well, hardly ever ...
WFL
On 6/14/19, Keith F. Lynch <kfl@keithlynch.net> wrote:
Fred Lunnon <fred.lunnon@gmail.com> wrote:
Was your dad a miner?
No, but he was a minor (decades before I was born). And, believe it or not, he never once visited the sun, with or without pick and shovel. Nor Titan either.
Have you read Mr. Propp's draft? My response to his draft was in the same spirit as the draft.
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