I can't believe how old I am!!!
See the olde school below, with the olde cars parked in front, that look like they came out of a James Cagney/Edward G. Robinson movie, and the little kids dressed like the Lil' Rascals?
That was MY school!!!
Circa 1950
I was born in 1950, so I didn't attend Clinton Peabody until Circa 1955 for Kinny-Garden. At least that's what I called it.
The only reason I included this photo of Clinton-Peabody is to illustrate just how olde I am.
Now, totally forget about me being olde and decrepit, and focus in on ants.
I was watching the ants out on my patio this morning and noticed how fast they travel! I was thinking to myself, Danny, I believe these ants travel faster than cars, proportionately. So I looked it up and found...
- Assume a human is 6 feet tall. At the same rate as the ant, the human would cover 787 times its size, or 4,723 feet per minute.
- Put that in a unit most people (including me) could recognize, and that's 53.6 miles per hour.
Especially from an olde dude like me!!!
Please stop bringing age into the argument..wouldya?
Where was I?
Oh yeah, the genius, Galileo who lived to the ripe old age of 77 was an Italian polymath. Known for his work as astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician, Galileo has been called the "father of observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics", the "father of the scientific method", and even the "father of science!"
Not bad for an olde guy. right?!
Of course, we are not discussing the ignorance of youth, compared to the wisdom and experience of the elderly, are we?
Remember when Ronald Reagan said this in a debate with Walter Mondale...of course you don't...you're too young...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kygB-PA2ibs
Click on the above link to hear what Ronald Reagan said.
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