Anyone taking a pi day pie ride?
It is raining and miserable here in DC so no ride for me. But some of you must be planning to stop for pie this morning at 9:26 (3.1415926.....) in honor of a once in a century PI day, right?
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Definitely taking a Pi day ride, this afternoon. hopefully it won't be in the rain.
Bill |
This is my first week back riding in nearly a year my goal for this week is 20 miles (I know that isn't much but you have to start some where) I am at 19.2 so I will ride at least a mile some time today. That rain is just leaving southwest Ohio so later I should be able to take a some what dry ride
Roy |
I forget it was pi day and did my ride yesterday -- Friday the 13th. :eek: Fortunately no bad luck. Just great weather and a nice ride. :beer:
But to redeem myself I may take my bride out for some pie later today. :) |
This is a special Pi Day, with the extra two digits. 3-14-15. I may get out for a bit, if rain permits. I think I see the sun trying to peek out at this very moment...
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To a Bakery .. Rain is being permitted, it would rain even without a Permit issued .. It's doing that Now ..
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Our engineering school held its 4th annual Pi run yesterday, because Pi Day falls on a weekend this year. My elder son, who is a PhD candidate in plasma physics, joined me. He decided to hang back with me for the first couple of miles, then took off for the finish.
I missed my goal of 30 minutes for the 3.14 miles, but at least beat 35 minutes with an official time of 34:57. The heart and lungs could very easily have handled a faster pace and/or another 5 kilometers, but 11-minute miles are about all my legs are good for without risk of damage. (Maybe this is why I prefer bicycling. :) ) To answer the key question for this group, yes they do serve pie at the end of the run. :) The run was for a very worthy cause, the San Diego Science Alliance, of which I am a member and mentor for aspiring STEM (I prefer STEAM, since my wife is an oil painter and I am a music lover and amateur pianist) students. Pi-Mile Run/Walk at UCSD, March 13, 2015 | San Diego Science Alliance |
Rainy and blustery here, but braved the weather for the 5.5 miles to Freddy's and back to grab a blueberry pie for me and the missus and served it up by 9:26.
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At 3.14 a slice? That is a bargain.
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Originally Posted by OldsCOOL
(Post 17630224)
At 3.14 a slice? That is a bargain.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
(Post 17630241)
$2.99 for the whole pie. I'm not made of money! :)
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Originally Posted by OldsCOOL
(Post 17630278)
I'll take the whole pie, regardless. :)
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Speaking of Pi (count the number of letters per word)
Poe, E. Near a Raven Midnights so dreary, tired and weary. Silently pondering volumes extolling all by-now obsolete lore. During my rather long nap - the weirdest tap! An ominous vibrating sound disturbing my chamber's antedoor. "This", I whispered quietly, "I ignore". |
Yes, the rain finally quit here about 3:14 pm and I rode about 31.4 miles give or take a few. Now we are going to get some pie, pizza pie that is. Would it be too much to ask them to arrange the pepperonis in the shape of pi?
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Raining all day today. I did eat pie today, MIL's Bday, and will do a belated π day.
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Originally Posted by David Bierbaum
(Post 17629853)
This is a special Pi Day, with the extra two digits. 3-14-15. I may get out for a bit, if rain permits. I think I see the sun trying to peek out at this very moment...
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Originally Posted by StanSeven
(Post 17630816)
Except I think the real value is 3.1416
Next year we'll omit the time of day and just round it off to 4 decimal places. |
The only excuse I need to eat is an appetite. The only excuse I need to ride is to go somewhere.
Marc |
Curse you, round off error! :) Well, I went out almost to the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge, but turned around early, because I didn't want to ride across the mushy mud that crossed the levi access road at one spot. So I only got in 20 miles, but I finished it off with some hot apple pie, and a scoop of Ben and Jerry's Vanilla icecream. I give it a 22, on a scale from 1 to 7! :D
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Originally Posted by StanSeven
(Post 17630816)
Except I think the real value is 3.1416
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I'm an engineer, Monica was a mathematics major/teacher, of course I got in the ride on Pi day! No pie to eat, can't eat any of them with the CKD and I just don't care for sweets.
Pizza, of course, counts! Bill |
Yup, pi ride done. Didn't have a lot of time because we had to get to our destination to check in, but we managed to get in a 10 mile ride on the Withlacoochee between Ocala and Tampa.
http://i61.tinypic.com/fkun9k.jpg The pie came later for dessert after supper. Chocolate cream. http://i59.tinypic.com/ri84ro.jpg |
Originally Posted by Cougrrcj
(Post 17631011)
The first 50 decimal digits are 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510
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Originally Posted by StanSeven
(Post 17630816)
Except I think the real value is 3.1416
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