holy crap!

[jayhawkdropout]

no wonder i feel like hell in the morning -- i'm 12053 days old.

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[jayhawkdropout]

tank yoo!

[hi_may76]

Dude, did you remember to include your leapyears? That's like, maybe 8 more days. Makes 12053 seem like a spring chicken.

actually, yes.

[jayhawkdropout]

i first figured this out, like, eight years ago and made a spreadsheet to calculate the number of days i was. at the time i thought it would be cool to have a 10000th Day party, but forgot for myself and then again for Shelly's. i did include leapyears because i'm a math geek. once in college, for fun, a roommate and i computated how much helium (and subsequently, how many helium-filled balloons) it would take to lift me off the ground and if it was financially feasible (it wasn't).

Re: actually, yes.

[meesch34]

Do you watch Mythbusters? They actually tested this. It takes a crap load of balloons, but they were actually able to lift a little girl (they did it inside a warehouse so she wouldn't float away). If you don't watch this show, you should check it out (Discovery channel).

Re: actually, yes.

[jayhawkdropout]

i have watched the show on occasion but missed that episode. it was really hard for us to figure the number of balloons because our calculations for the volume they contain was pretty inexact. but the amount of helium was like 3800 sq. ft. -- and that was when i was about 20 lbs lighter.

[ceejishi]

Ha! I am a mere 11,271 days old, but most of my biorhythms are on the way down!

Cool site if you don't want to do the math yourself: http://www.bio-chart.com/

[jayhawkdropout]

you little whippersnapper!
thanks for the link.

[pas_beancounter]

Happy belated birthday, Matt! Hope your day was nifty fun.

[jayhawkdropout]

thanks, paula. i had an OK birthday. we did more celebrating on Friday (steaks at my parents' house).