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There are many ways to summarize a long article. In this case? I think we are well served by 3 words: “Women are crazy.”

*Edit 11:39am*
Okay. To clarify, there are women who aren’t crazy. That article isn’t talking to them. Also, some men are crazy in the same manner as the women outlined above. Remember X are A is not saying Y are not A. (or in the revised case, “there exists a class of X that has property A” does not imply “there does not exist a class of Y that has property A”)

Another year older. Bought a new set of brakes for my bike, hopefully helping make the 29th one more likely.

Found while trying to work out a reference in a comment thread:
“Even giving someone roses can be a hostile act, if you know they’ll get hives.”

Dude? Hives? Need to work on your hostility there a bit. Screaming Meemies and poor nights’ sleep should be the goal of a hostile act.

So just about everyone knows the half plus seven rule. (Well not everyone, but many people. In short: “Don’t date someone less than half your age plus seven years.” If you are in the age range where this breaks down mathematically, then you can wait a few years to start dating.)
Well inherent in that rule is this set of equations:
o = older person’s age
y = younger person’s age
n = number of years until a given match is acceptable

The rule itself*:
.5*o+7=y

The rule from the younger person’s view point:
2y-14=o

and how many years it will be before an (o,y) grouping won’t be a little creepy anymore:

o-2y+14=n
(for values of y where y< .5o+7)

This is what happens when I get bored and I have an equation that models a situation.
So any other interesting things you can do with this set of equations that I’m missing?

* By rule, of course, I mean guideline.

*edit*
There was an error in equation 2, pointed out to me by

So just about everyone knows the half plus seven rule. (Well not everyone, but many people. In short: “Don’t date someone less than half your age plus seven years.” If you are in the age range where this breaks down mathematically, then you can wait a few years to start dating.)
Well inherent in that rule is this set of equations:
o = older person’s age
y = younger person’s age
n = number of years until a given match is acceptable

The rule itself*:
.5*o+7=y

The rule from the younger person’s view point:
2y-14=o

and how many years it will be before an (o,y) grouping won’t be a little creepy anymore:

o-2y+14=n
(for values of y where y< .5o+7)

This is what happens when I get bored and I have an equation that models a situation.
So any other interesting things you can do with this set of equations that I’m missing?

* By rule, of course, I mean guideline.

*edit*
There was an error in equation 2, pointed out to me by

So, bike troubles. All expected. I am probably 75-100 lbs over my preferred weight and more than that over my by the charts goal weight. With that in mind, the bike I bought was as cheap as I could make it. I expect it to last until I am in much better shape, at which time I will buy a better bike. (Of course, I tend to gain muscle for a long time before I start losing weight, so we’ll see.) Well, cheap bike plus lots and lots of me means that the cheap plastic pedals are going to crack and break. I could have just bought replacement metal ones when I bought the bike, but I decided to hold off. The right pedal is now half the device it used to be. Unfortunately it is less than half as functional as it used to be. I’ll be replacing it before the plastic falls all the way off. Problem two, the breaks are shot. This was also expected. I tend to do silly things that other Bloomington bikers don’t do, like stop at stop signs. Since a fairly large portion of the stop signs hereabouts are at the bottom of hills, this means lots and lots of break wear. Good news? Breaks cost a hair more than intertubes. Bad news? While Target carries bike tubes, it does not carry bike breaks. I’ll have to go out to Walmart for that one (actually replacement pedals are also notavailable at Target.)

Know what is almost as annoying as people referring and linking to a locked post in a comment thread? People referring and linking to a locked post in a public post. Urgh. (Yeah, I caught that, I said a link in a comment is more annoying than a link in the primary post. That’s because the comment is part of a discussion, and supporting evidence in a discussion should be accessible.)