Technology can make you do some stupid things
The Mrs. picked up one of those real fancy digital scales that rounds off your weight to 1/10th of pounds. I discovered the following:
A fully clothed SayUncle with a full bladder weighs exactly 171.2 pounds.
A naked SayUncle with a full bladder weighs 166.0 pounds.
A naked SayUncle with an empty bladder weighs 164.5 pounds.
I discovered two things: 1) who knew bladders held that much; and 2) with a pregnant wife going to bed at 8:30 every night, I have a lot of time to do dumb shit.
November 22nd, 2003 at 8:32 am
Isn’t it interesting how we perceive things like scales to be more accurate if they add a “point” something to the measurement?
We have an indoor outdoor radio transmitter/receiver thermometer that reads out in .1 degree increments. I mean, really, is 64.2 really that much different than 64.4? Who cares?
We have one of those scales that works in .5 increments. Now I guess we need one that works in .1 increments, even though any variation at that level would be a microscopic, meaningless rounding error in my case.
Must keep up in the eternal search for accuracy and perfection, though.
(But seriously, I’m guessing that’a a pregnancy thing?)
November 22nd, 2003 at 9:39 am
Yeah, we got one of those thermometers too, it even does humidity. I guess it’s a marketing thing. Would you rather by one that only shows boring whole numbers or the super accurate one?
November 22nd, 2003 at 10:30 am
Resolution, accuracy and repeatability are totally seperate parameters. We have a doctor’s office type balance scale with the sliding weights. I have found on occasion that it indicates that I weigh more with emptied intestines.
November 22nd, 2003 at 2:49 pm
I got one of those scales that measures body fat.
I don’t recommend it if you are easily depressed.
–Chris
November 22nd, 2003 at 9:33 pm
Thanks for the info on the weight of your urine 🙂 How about other before and after weight change reports. I made a comment about my Wife’s behind and got a chance to discover the weight of my juevos.
November 23rd, 2003 at 2:24 pm
Such are the building blocks that comprise the foundation of science.
November 27th, 2003 at 1:55 am
Just wait until the wife starts obsessing about the weight, post-partum. And you will thank God that you were ever able to have time to do dumb shit… boy, I miss doing dumb shit. [sigh]