It's spelled Pythagoras. The guy's a Greek (or was a Greek). I find it ironic that the airlines can't just realize that a seven foot paddle when stored diagonally will fit into the max dimensions posted. That would leave lots of space open for stowing other things on the plane --like boxes of right triangles or maybe three cornered hats. This "puzzle" has been floating around for years. I first read about it in "Boy's Life" the magazine for Boy Scouts, probably about 1960. Then the problem was shipping a rifle. But you can't generally ship rifles these days. ------------------------------------------------------- George Bergeron, Secretary OSWEGO HERITAGE COUNCIL P.O. Box 1041, Lake Oswego, Oregon 97034 Web Site: http://www.europa.com/~heritage/welcome.html Email: heritage_at_europa.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed May 13 1998 - 14:30:16 PDT
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