Best E-mails of the Week 5/5/02

Carry out this test; it's quite bizarre. Just follow the instructions as quick as possible but only one question at a
time--do not carry on reading the following questions before you finish the
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You do NOT need to write the answers, nor remember them, just do it using
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You'll be overwhelmed by the result.
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> >>>98% of the folks would answer a "red hammer" while doing this
> >>>exercise. If you do not believe this, pass it around and
>you'll see.

Here is Great Grandpa Wilfred with his Great Grandson.

www.zimfamilynews.homestead.com/DadMVisit.html

Guys, I never knew this and it was really worth reading.  Scary.
 I was not aware of this, but will program it on my cell.
Someone passed this message. It is important information. Thought I
 would pass this along as it is valuable information for all of us who
 sometimes  travel alone and are not aware of #77 on your cell phone. Pass along
 to  your  daughters, daughters-in-law, friends, and others.
 This is an actual true story and not one of those Internet stories
 that are passed on and on. This actually happened to one of my dearest new
 friend's daughter. Her daughter, Lauren, is 19 yrs. Old and a sophomore in
 college.
 This happened to her over the Christmas/New Year's holiday break.
 It was the Saturday before New Year's and it was about 1 PM in the
 afternoon. Lauren was driving from here (Winchester, Va.) to visit a
 friend  in Warrenton. For those of you who are familiar with the area, she
 was  taking Rt. 50 east towards Middleburg and then was going to cut over
 to  I-66  via Rt.17. Those of you who aren't familiar with this area, Rt. 50
 east is  a  main road (55 mph and two lanes each side with a big median
 separating  East/West lanes), but is somewhat secluded, known for it's big horse
 farms  and beautiful country estates. Lauren was actually following behind
 a  state  police car shortly after she left Winchester and was going just over
 65  mph  since she was following behind him.
 An UNMARKED police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on.
 My friend  and her husband have 4 children (high school and college age) and
 have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the side
 of  the  road, but rather wait until they get to a gas station, etc. So
Lauren  actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called #77 on
 her cell  phone to tell the dispatcher that she would not pull over right
 away.
She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there were 2 police cars,
one unmarked behind her and one marked in front of her. The dispatcher
 checked  to confirm that there were 2 police cars where she was. There wasn't
 and  she  was connected to the policeman in front of her. He told her to keep
 driving, remain calm and that he had back-up already on the way. Ten minutes
 later,  4  police cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind her. One
 policeman  went to her side and the others surrounded the car behind. They
 pulled  the  guy from the car and tackled him to the ground ... the man was a
 convicted  rapist and wanted for other crimes.
 Thank God Lauren listened to her parents! She was shaken up, but
 fine.
 I  never knew that bit of advice, but especially for a woman alone in a
 car,  you should NEVER pull over for an unmarked car in a secluded area.
 In fact,  even a marked car after dark should follow you to a populated area.
 Apparently police have to respect your right to keep going to a "safe"
 place. You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge
 them  (i.e. put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did. I am
 so thankful that my friend was sitting at our book club meeting telling
 us this scary story, rather than us at her house consoling her had something
 tragic occurred! Be safe and pass this on to your friends. Awareness is
 everything!
 

TO  ALL:  My weekly Newspaper Weather Clips have been sent only to my dad, Wilfred, Uncle Joe and Peter T, but I felt this article was too good not to share.

SOURCE:  Wichita Eagle, Meteorologist Ben Pringle's Question Section...

Question?  IS THERE REALLY TALK OF AN ELEVATOR INTO SPACE?  (Pt. 1)  Amazingly, there is.  NASA began considering the concept in June 1999.  According to NASA, in "theory", the space elevator consists of a thin cable placed by a space shuttle into low Earth orbit about 200 to 300 miles up.  Then it's raised to a stationary, geo-synchronous orbit about 22,000 miles up.  The cable is then lowered to the Earth and anchored to a mobile ocean-going platform in the Pacific, several thousand miles off the coast of Ecuador.  (Pt. 2)  IS A SPACE ELEVATOR REALLY POSSIBLE?  WHAT WILL IT DO?  IS IT POSSIBLE TO MAKE AN ELEVATOR THAT STRETCHES INTO SPACE?  It might sound incredible, but NASA already has put together several groups to study the concept.  Once it was set up, this space elevator would be like a giant slingshot with a cable that connected the Earth to a satellite 22,000 miles into space.  The cable would be as thin as paper but not nearly as fragile.  Once the cable "elevator" was complete, it would be capable of supporting payloads of 20 tons, more than the space shuttle can carry and for a fraction of the cost.  Plan on waiting 30 to 50 years for it to be developed..
{Ray's words:  Mind Boggling!}    Enjoy..

Columbia Univ. invited me as an Alumnus to a presentation on how space platforms are designed. Maybe I can get Greg to ask the speaker from Boeing about the elevator.

Here is a picture of the truck that hit a coworker of Gerry's in Houston. Scott was bicycling to work in the fog, and went through the front and rear glass shields.  The driver drove  several miles to report the accident before realizing that Scott was in the rear bed of the trunk.  Although badly hurt, he is making a slow recovery.

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