tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923437.post116651732216450285..comments2007-02-24T17:29:36.795-05:00Ken Tremendoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290167169845520176noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923437.post-1166727478693882052006-12-21T13:57:00.000-05:002006-12-21T13:57:00.000-05:002006-12-21T13:57:00.000-05:00Hey KT -- sorry to hear about FI-ARG. I know how much that means to you. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, funny story. December 1988. Little ten-year-old dak is crunching his first ever set of VORR's. Crude calculations, sure, but enough to get the job done.<BR/><BR/>First number: Mom. Comes out to 0.0. "That can't be right," dak says to himself. <BR/><BR/>Next up: Dad. 0.1. "Huh?" Sis: 0.0. "What the?" Uncle Larry: -0.1. "Really?" <BR/><BR/>I go back over the numbers. Everything looks right to me. Somehow, the numbers I was getting suggested that my relatives were a lot more like <I>replacement</I> relatives than real relatives. <BR/><BR/>And believe it or not, that's when I realized I was adopted.dakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02768386460112735397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923437.post-1166678471127185172006-12-21T00:21:00.000-05:002006-12-21T00:21:00.000-05:002006-12-21T00:21:00.000-05:00We are taking a <I>bath</I> in Argentina. I don't even want to talk about it.<BR/><BR/>Also, I did a VORR (Value Over Replacement Relative) analysis, and the results shocked me:<BR/><BR/>Older Sister: 23.3<BR/>Mom: 19.8<BR/>Dad: 12.6 (!!!)<BR/>Younger Sister: 8.8<BR/>Cousin: 3.1 (makes sense -- he was injured most of the year)<BR/>Uncle: -1.1<BR/><BR/>I was going to get my dad a pair of fancy sunglasses, but after crunching the numbers I scaled back to a 3-month NetFlix subscription. Yet another way statistics have saved people money.Ken Tremendoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290167169845520176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923437.post-1166559953047219562006-12-19T15:25:00.000-05:002006-12-19T15:25:00.000-05:002006-12-19T15:25:00.000-05:00Also, Ken -- I never asked. <BR/><BR/>How are things down in Fremulon's Argentina division?dakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02768386460112735397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923437.post-1166559756683225752006-12-19T15:22:00.000-05:002006-12-19T15:22:00.000-05:002006-12-19T15:22:00.000-05:00I just wanted to chime in here and wish everyone a calculated, objectively pre-determined holiday season. <BR/><BR/>I recommend that everyone design a metric to calculate which family members he or she loves the most; and purchase gifts, spend time and emotional energy accordingly. <BR/><BR/>Love,<BR/>dakdakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02768386460112735397noreply@blogger.com