Don Bradman's 100th birthday.

29th August 2008, 05:47 PM

This week the media were noting that it's 100 years since the birth of
Don Bradman. What exactly is the significance of '100' years for The
Don?

Surely we should be celebrating 99.93 years from his birthday.

Regards,
Noddy

29th August 2008, 05:47 PM

On Aug 29, 4:26*pm, Noddy <GordonLightfoot...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This week the media were noting that it's 100 years since the birth of
> Don Bradman. What exactly is the significance of '100' years for The
> Don?
>
> Surely we should be celebrating 99.93 years from his birthday.
>
> Regards,
> Noddy

isn't it 99.94?
Either way there was a story last 2 weeks ago (another one i'm too
lazy to link to) about Don having scored a 4 in some match very early
in his career that seems to have been attributed to his partner. If it
does turn out to be an error it's enough to lift his average above the
ton.
I just thought it was a cute story. ;-)

29th August 2008, 06:38 PM

"Noddy" <GordonLightfootIII@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> This week the media were noting that it's 100 years since the birth of
> Don Bradman. What exactly is the significance of '100' years for The
> Don?
>
> Surely we should be celebrating 99.93 years from his birthday.

**Well Gordo, why don't we celebrate someone who has REALLY contributed to
our society? Howard Florey, for instance. Don Bradman was famous for being
able to hit a little red ball with a lump of wood. BFD.

--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

29th August 2008, 07:13 PM

On Aug 29, 5:25*pm, "Trevor Wilson"
<trevor@_SPAMBLOCK_rageaudio.com.au> wrote:
> "Noddy" <GordonLightfoot...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:aaaebf28-6029-4e8c-b7dd-57c28750ccde@n38g2000prl.googlegroups.com...
>
> > This week the media were noting that it's 100 years since the birth of
> > Don Bradman. What exactly is the significance of '100' years for The
> > Don?
>
> > Surely we should be celebrating 99.93 years from his birthday.
>
> **Well Gordo, why don't we celebrate someone who has REALLY contributed to
> our society?

Yes, like Mark Priestly from All Saints who was electrocuted a couple
of days ago.

29th August 2008, 07:41 PM

> **Well Gordo, why don't we celebrate someone who has REALLY contributed to
> our society? Howard Florey, for instance. Don Bradman was famous for being
> able to hit a little red ball with a lump of wood. BFD.
>
>
> --
> Trevor Wilson
> www.rageaudio.com.au
>

ummm, well everyone I talk to of that generation agrees that he did a alot
for Australia in the years of the depression. The Don gave them a sense of
self-belief.
Why are you crossposting anyway?

29th August 2008, 09:39 PM

Not Noddy wrote:

>This week the media were noting that it's 100 years since the birth of
>Don Bradman. What exactly is the significance of '100' years for The
>Don?

Only the fact that he drove a Jaguar!

Perhaps you orta call yourself Ron. ;-)

--
John H

29th August 2008, 09:39 PM

"TG'sFM" <suvvdj@yahoo.fr> wrote in message
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On Aug 29, 5:25 pm, "Trevor Wilson"
<trevor@_SPAMBLOCK_rageaudio.com.au> wrote:
> "Noddy" <GordonLightfoot...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:aaaebf28-6029-4e8c-b7dd-57c28750ccde@n38g2000prl.googlegroups.com...
>
> > This week the media were noting that it's 100 years since the birth of
> > Don Bradman. What exactly is the significance of '100' years for The
> > Don?
>
> > Surely we should be celebrating 99.93 years from his birthday.
>
> **Well Gordo, why don't we celebrate someone who has REALLY contributed to
> our society?

Yes, like Mark Priestly from All Saints who was electrocuted a couple
of days ago.

**Who is Mark Priestly? What has he done for our society? Was he a surgeon?
A cancer researcher? A micro-biologist?

--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

29th August 2008, 09:39 PM

On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:19

4 +1000, Trevor Wilson wrote:

> "TG'sFM" <suvvdj@yahoo.fr> wrote in message
> news:8ee3e1ce-e3f4-4829-
affb-48a70fbf6eb1@k36g2000pri.googlegroups.com...
> On Aug 29, 5:25 pm, "Trevor Wilson"
> <trevor@_SPAMBLOCK_rageaudio.com.au> wrote:
>> "Noddy" <GordonLightfoot...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:aaaebf28-6029-4e8c-
b7dd-57c28750ccde@n38g2000prl.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> > This week the media were noting that it's 100 years since the birth
>> > of Don Bradman. What exactly is the significance of '100' years for
>> > The Don?
>>
>> > Surely we should be celebrating 99.93 years from his birthday.
>>
>> **Well Gordo, why don't we celebrate someone who has REALLY contributed
>> to our society?
>
> Yes, like Mark Priestly from All Saints who was electrocuted a couple of
> days ago.
>
> **Who is Mark Priestly? What has he done for our society? Was he a
> surgeon? A cancer researcher? A micro-biologist?

Why the preoccupation with "society"?

Why would it matter if every human being on the planet were to die
tomorrow?

29th August 2008, 09:39 PM

"jackbadger56" <castle56@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Aug 29, 4:26 pm, Noddy <GordonLightfoot...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This week the media were noting that it's 100 years since the birth of
> Don Bradman. What exactly is the significance of '100' years for The
> Don?
>
> Surely we should be celebrating 99.93 years from his birthday.
>
> Regards,
> Noddy

>isn't it 99.94?

You'd think someone would get it right in the week of the great man's 100th.

6996 Test runs. Dismissed 70 times.
6996 / 70 = 99.9428571428571428571428571428571......

Hope that both helps and informs.

'Onya

29th August 2008, 11:11 PM

"Horry" <horacewachope@gmail.com> wrote in message
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: On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:19

4 +1000, Trevor Wilson wrote:

:
: Why would it matter if every human being on the planet were to die
: tomorrow?
:
the computers would keep taking periodic payments till we were all in default
and the world would keep on spinning.
Crazy times!