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[watercop]

Close is like almost. "I almost saw it happen" or "it almost happened" or "I almost got a date and a rate" or "I'm almost rich" or "I almost have a life" ...

[magawatt]

I think it was the Greeks that addressed this issue. If a soldier throws a spear halfway to the target, walks to the spear and throws it halfway of the remaining distance to the target how long will it take for him to reach the target? The short answer is FOREVER because he keeps throwing halfway and the halves just get smaller. I think we all know that by our gut by now. But who knows- maybe the spearthrower will screw up and go a little long and we'll all be home.

This is opposed but in our case similar to Sisyphus who pissed of Hades and was condemmed to roll a large rock uphill all day only to have it roll downhill at night, endlessly repeating this futile excersize untill both the HCL and Chap 7 are resolved- poor guy.

[wpsmit]

You may be looking at this the wrong way. I contend that the gurus measure things on the quantum level. That way you can cut something in half and never get to zero, or absolute "close", or actually "there". You just get microscopically closer, and closerer and closerer, but never get there. Sorta like the vanishing horizon.....it's just over that next hill.

Or to paraphrase an ex-pres Depends on what your definition of "close" is.

[dhardage]

How close is "closer then ever"? If we are "closer then ever", then how "closer then ever" were we last week? Or 2 weeks ago? Or back in June? What about next week? Will we be even "CLOSER THEN EVER"??? How close is TOO CLOSE? I mean can we get TOO CLOSE that we miss it? Or are we SOOO CLOSE we can't see it? Did it happen and we were TOO CLOSE to realize it? Is next Monday a "closer" day? Any one else have these thoughts? About the "closeness" of it all? Maybe we're close now, but then next Tuesday we'll be a little bit further-er away from it only to have it be closer-er the following Sunday?

I feel confused.

THANK YOU!! I sooooo needed that!

[happygilmore]

Now THAT was close!

[dhardage]

Close is like almost. "I almost saw it happen" or "it almost happened" or "I almost got a date and a rate" or "I'm almost rich" or "I almost have a life" ...

how bout I "almost" lost my mind while waiting for RV?

[watercop]

THANK YOU!! I sooooo needed that!

Welcome to the crazy house

[Francie26]

In the news today they are talking about the CERN project in Switzerland where scientists have found a particle, a neuron or nutrino, something like that, that has travelled faster than the speed of light. It measured something like 60 nanoseconds faster than the speed of light. They are trying to repeat the experiment in America and Japan to see if they can get the same results. So it would seem we are on the brink of messing up Einstein's E=Mc².

Now, if that is the case, it most certainly is possible that we could get so close we would miss it ... by 60 nanoseconds.



smee2

Fascinating!

[Miss Peg]

I think its time for a beer !!!!!!

Make mine a Seagram's 7, straight up!

[teresa43]

How close is "closer then ever"? If we are "closer then ever", then how "closer then ever" were we last week? Or 2 weeks ago? Or back in June? What about next week? Will we be even "CLOSER THEN EVER"??? How close is TOO CLOSE? I mean can we get TOO CLOSE that we miss it? Or are we SOOO CLOSE we can't see it? Did it happen and we were TOO CLOSE to realize it? Is next Monday a "closer" day? Any one else have these thoughts? About the "closeness" of it all? Maybe we're close now, but then next Tuesday we'll be a little bit further-er away from it only to have it be closer-er the following Sunday?

I feel confused.

my head is spinning

[umbertino]

In the news today they are talking about the CERN project in Switzerland where scientists have found a particle, a neuron or nutrino, something like that, that has travelled faster than the speed of light. It measured something like 60 nanoseconds faster than the speed of light. They are trying to repeat the experiment in America and Japan to see if they can get the same results. So it would seem we are on the brink of messing up Einstein's E=Mc².

Now, if that is the case, it most certainly is possible that we could get so close we would miss it ... by 60 nanoseconds.



smee2

Good post... Thanks.

[dhardage]

I was born confused and never got over it!! Days like this make damn glad I didn't stop drinking yesterday!!

i am a native of the state of confusion! Hi neighbors!

[Alex38]

So.... we're close then?

[Shelley]

Just not close enough

[7Dinar7Dinar7]

As long as these babylonians have the US dollar to live, and operate off of, they may delay the RV/RD/RI until they are forced by the UN, IMF, WTO, to use their own currency.

[RONIN II]

I did not inhale...but I was close

[Synnister]

I think today is the tomorrow i worried about yesterday

Synnister

[LAWRENCEOFDINARIA]

How close is "closer then ever"? If we are "closer then ever", then how "closer then ever" were we last week? Or 2 weeks ago? Or back in June? What about next week? Will we be even "CLOSER THEN EVER"??? How close is TOO CLOSE? I mean can we get TOO CLOSE that we miss it? Or are we SOOO CLOSE we can't see it? Did it happen and we were TOO CLOSE to realize it? Is next Monday a "closer" day? Any one else have these thoughts? About the "closeness" of it all? Maybe we're close now, but then next Tuesday we'll be a little bit further-er away from it only to have it be closer-er the following Sunday?

I feel confused.

Too funny! Sounds like something out of an old Seinfeld episode.

[cooked]

Hold Me ....

Reminds me of the Groucho Marx line...If I get any closer I'll be behind you.


Here little pink piggy piggy

[jbird129]

It already RV"d on "EARTH II" for $27.88