Thanks to: Jinksy; You spotted the typo - should be years. Diane; All through my own eyes. Brenda; That's half the answer. Mary; Old before my time...? Anthony; There's a simple solution. Pamela; Time is just another set of numbers.
Thanks to: Weasel; Easy - time travel... :) Wayne; Answer below: ViV;How and Why...? See below.
Born 1964 - now 2010. Makes me 46 - covers 47 years. In Thailand, it's 2553 - arrived 2543. Just over 10 years ago - span of 11. 47+11=58. 40's to 10's = 8 decades. 3 centuries = 20th, 21st (Gregorian) and 26th. (Buddhist)
Thanks to: TLH; We're all time travellers. Totomai; Most calendars are based on religion, and many are in use. Nessa; An illustration of how time is relative.
Sorry Stan, you always pull me in with the poem, then throw the math question in there and I end up with a blank expression and wonder how I got here, lol. It's always travel, time, place, at your site. Thanks again,
Thanks to: Jingle; The nearest I'll get to time travel. Keith; It certainly is. Elizabeth; Sometimes I wonder too. Riika; Hope the explanation makes sense.
This was a fascinating riddle Stan, and I would never have arrived at the solution -- I was leaning on the term "relative", envisioning you as a direct extension of your parents, continued immediately through children...
46 tears? Eye watering things, holes in cloth or typo for 'years'? Makes a difference to possible answer..
ReplyDeleteHow? Through the eyes of others, lol. I liked the shape of your poem as well as the words!
ReplyDeleteIt's all relative. :)
ReplyDeleteSome questions have no answers! LOL.
ReplyDeleteA great paradox at the end.
ReplyDeleterelative anatomy Stan! Nice!
ReplyDeletePamela
Thanks to:
ReplyDeleteJinksy; You spotted the typo - should be years.
Diane; All through my own eyes.
Brenda; That's half the answer.
Mary; Old before my time...?
Anthony; There's a simple solution.
Pamela; Time is just another set of numbers.
How? A question I can not answer, =). Great post!
ReplyDelete-Weasel
its all about the questions Stanski..answers hmmm?...thanks again
ReplyDeleteHow? or even Why? Our lives are full of unanswered or unanswerable questions. I like your poem very much.
ReplyDeleteThanks to:
ReplyDeleteWeasel; Easy - time travel... :)
Wayne; Answer below:
ViV;How and Why...? See below.
Born 1964 - now 2010. Makes me 46 - covers 47 years. In Thailand, it's 2553 - arrived 2543. Just over 10 years ago - span of 11.
47+11=58.
40's to 10's = 8 decades.
3 centuries = 20th, 21st (Gregorian) and 26th. (Buddhist)
How? I wish I knew. I like your interpretation of the prompt.
ReplyDeletelol.
ReplyDeletei was confused with the dates in Thailand too. as well as in Japan and Korea.
A very interesting ponderable.
ReplyDeleteThanks to:
ReplyDeleteTLH; We're all time travellers.
Totomai; Most calendars are based on religion, and many are in use.
Nessa; An illustration of how time is relative.
cool thoughts.
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ReplyDeleteplease nominate poets for July awards.
the deadline is today....
u r nominated, u win one vote automatically,
when u vote for others, u win another vote for yourself...
cheers!
Question- How? Answer - That's life mate!
ReplyDeleteSorry Stan, you always pull me in with the poem, then throw the math question in there and I end up with a blank expression and wonder how I got here, lol. It's always travel, time, place, at your site. Thanks again,
ReplyDeleteElizabeth
Great poem, thank for sharing your wonderful thoughts=D
ReplyDeleteThanks to:
ReplyDeleteJingle; The nearest I'll get to time travel.
Keith; It certainly is.
Elizabeth; Sometimes I wonder too.
Riika; Hope the explanation makes sense.
This was a fascinating riddle Stan, and I would never have arrived at the solution -- I was leaning on the term "relative", envisioning you as a direct extension of your parents, continued immediately through children...
ReplyDelete...rob
Thanks Rob; I guess genealogy is a form of time travel.
ReplyDeleteIt's a good question... but shouldn't you really ask, Why? Or doesn't that sound so good? Nic
ReplyDeleteThanks Nic; Good question to you too... I never thought about why.
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