Some terminology
Wednesday, February 13, 2008I’ve been thinking a bit about what we say. Our weather forecast usually says something like “There’s a 50% chance of rain today.” Or even “100% chance of rain.” Now, isn’t “100% chance” the same as saying “a definite possibility” or “it’s positively possible that it will rain today” or “we have an absolute possibility of rain”?
“50% chance of rain” now tuns into a half-of-a-chance of rain, but to me, a “50% chance” would be better spoken as 100% chance (which would be a 50/50 option.) So, if you’re sure it’s going to rain, how about a 200% chance?
So, next time you hear “100% chance of rain” wonder - does that mean it’s going to, or does that mean we now have a full CHANCE of rain.
Also, today we received our order of 1080 more tabernacle model sets. We were running low (actually bought 100 from another vender) as this has been a drawn out process. We found out last week that our shipment was sitting on the docs in LA since Jan 18 waiting on paperwork! Just goes to show that you need to get your paperwork in order for things like this (it was the shippers that was holding things up.) No worries, we should have enough stock for several months to come.
It was interesting when they did come in, because 2 skids were 7’ x 4’ x 7’. It was like a couple portable walls. Fun to move around w/ the forklift - and I managed not to run into anything too important!
