Square Root Day

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NOTE: My friend Matt Reimer contributed to this piece.

Yesterday, at least here in the Colonies, we celebrated "Square Root Day"- well, a couple of us did.

3.3.09

I have never been a big Math guy. My Math education stopped after my "A", one of the few, in High School Algebra, in 1972.

My son Tommy is the Math guy, getting it from his Mom. He got a perfect 800 on his Math SAT.

Sure, I took a Business Math class in college, and I picked up a bunch of Fire Department Math & Hydraulics along the way.

I was never an Engineer, even though I have an Engineer's Badge in my Retirement Shadow Box. Another example of Michael E. Smith's attention to detail.

29.7 times the diameter squared times the square root of the pressure times .9 for an open butt. (Don't ask.)

The Scarecrow should have used that in The Wizard of Oz.

I did drive a lot. Most notably, Battalion Chief Dorrough to this day has not recovered from a Union Avenue to Peabody Road run in old 3270 in 1984. Damn, 25 years ago...

One more Square Root novelty? The Square Root of 69? Ate something...