COUNTDOWN 2009: 31

It’s a shame today’s players never strike that “falling down while stiff-arming” pose.

Heinlein, FTW!

Vic Janowicz was our first of 7 Heisman’s among six winners. He played in the infamous “Snow Bowl” vs. Michigan in 1950. Punted over 20 times in that game. tOSU lost 9-3, ironically on a blocked punt and a safety. Pics from that game are unbelievable.

20 punts in a game? Glad to see that modern day tOSU hasn’t broken with tradition.

@ PW

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

20 punts is Jim Tressel’s idea of an offensive explosion

Les Horvath scoffs at the idea of Vic Janowicz being the first of 7 Buckeye Heisman winners.

Well, he would if he was still among the living…

great quote, did anyone say it before this post? or is an edsbs special

The quote is attributed to Robert A Heinlein (USNA 1929), one of the greats of Nerd Fiction.

Who, ironically, was such a lazy sod as a midshipman he joined the fencing team due to the lack of visibility and physical exertion required.

I love the quote! That should be the ultimate man test.

@ PW — Brilliant.

Regarding the quote, I assume we all imagine ourselves Renaissance Men (sorry, Renaissance People doesn’t cut it). . . . Nonetheless, the sad truth is not only do I fail the test, but also I do not even know what it means to “conn a ship”.

It’s from Robert Heinlein’s “Time Enough For Love.” If ya want to edumacate yo’self a bit…

@9

Perhaps his latent pulmonary tuberculosis, which forced him to retire from the Navy in 1934, contributed to his inability to make the football team. The fact that he served on the brand-new USS Lexington (CV-2) as a radio communications officer in the also brand-new field of naval aviation is a better testament to his abilities than the fact that he made the fencing team.

One could say a lot of things about RAH, but “lazy sod” would not be among them.

eer with Beer:

Perhaps you should read his Marty Lou piece “The Tale of The Man Too Lazy To Fail” referenced previously in Time Enough For Love.

Conning a ship is Ye Olde Sea Dog for driving, whether front-seat (think Chekov) or back-seat (think Captain Kirk)

As in:

“Conn: Sonar. Unidentified rhythmic sound bearing one-three-niner.”

“Sonar: Conn. Is it the ghost of John Bonham?”

&tc.

The quote is just one of dozens of aphorisms from the collected wisdom of the oldest man in the world. They form the intermission of Time Enough for Love and are call “The notebook of Lazarus Long” Google it sometime

Here’s another of my favorites (and a favorite of all engineers).

Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human. At best he is a tolerable sub-human who has learned to wear shoes, bathe, and not make messes in the house.

does 13 out of 21 count?

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

Ok, lets see. How many of those things can I do? Ummm… Nope, nope, nope, I’m not sure but I’m guessing nope, nope, nope, maybe, yes but not a very good one, nope, possibly, yes, hell yeah, yes, yes, yes, yes, unfortunately yes, nope, yes, yes (smirking smugly), and finally not applicable due to lack of data

Ok, looks like I’m a half human/ half insect hybrid

Excellent bucket list…
Does driving my dad’s pontoon boat count as conning a ship?

ooh! ooh! I finally get one! That’s Heinlein, right? TEFL?
(haven’t looked at previous posts.)