Mind Teaser...
I can be smooth as silk when you touch me, yet hard as rock when you hit me. I can be crystal clear, or dark as pitch. I can be still and silent, or I can rumble and roar.
What am I?
(answer at bottom of
page 4)
Here's Proof We Live In A Crazy World!
Police in Wichita, Kansas arrested a 22–year-old man at an airport hotel after he tried to pass two (counterfeit) $16 bills.
The Chico, California, City Council enacted a ban on nuclear weapons, setting a $500 fine for anyone detonating one within city limits!
A bus carrying five passengers was hit by a car in St. Louis, but by the time police arrived on the scene, 14 pedestrians had boarded the bus and began to complain of whiplash injuries and back pain.
When two service station attendants in Ionia, Michigan, refused to hand over the cash to an intoxicated robber, the man threatened to call the police. They still refused, so the robber called the police and was arrested.
Quote of the Month
“Many people FAIL because they quit too soon. They lose faith when the signs are against them. They do not have the courage to hold on, to keep fighting in spite of that which seems insurmountable. If more of us would strike out and attempt the “impossible,” we very soon would find the truth of that old saw that nothing is impossible…abolish fear and you can accomplish anything you wish.”
C. E Welsh, Business executive
What's Your BMI?
If it’s 30 or higher, you might have a weight problem.
BMI, or Body Mass Index, is a measurement of height and weight. It’s considered the “gold standard” for determining what’s a healthy weight, what’s overweight, and what’s obese.
The USDA and the Department of Health and Human Services use the BMI in their dietary guidelines. And it’s included in Centers for Disease Control Pediatric Growth Charts for children and adolescents from two to 20 years of age.
The BMI is calculated by multiplying your body weight in pounds by 700. Then divide the result by your height in inches. Then divide that result by your height in inches once more. For example, a 6 ft. 2 in. man weighing 190 pounds would have a BMI of 24.29 (190 pounds multiplied by 700 = 133,000. 133,000 divided by 74 inches = 1,797. Then 1,797 again divided by 74 inches = 24.29).
BMI charts are widely available. “A BMI of 18.5 to 25 is considered a healthy weight,” says Dr. Denise Bruner, president of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians (ASBP), a medical specialty society of physicians who treat overweight and obesity and associated conditions. “A BMI of 25 to 30 is now considered overweight,” she says. “A BMI of 30 or higher indicates obesity.”
Additional information about overweight and obesity can be found on ASBP’s web site at www.asbp.org.
Wild, Yet Trivial Statistics...
- The city with the most Rolls Royce’s per capita: Hong Kong.
- Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.
- The amount American Airlines saved in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class—$40,000.
- State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska.
- Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%.
- Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%.
- Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same women if they had to do it all over again: 80%.
- Percentage of American women who way they would marry the same man if they had to do it all over again: 50%.
- The cost of raising a medium sized dog to the age of eleven: $6,400.
- Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000.
- Percentage of Americans who have visited Disneyland/world: 70%.
