Re: Something even more significant than the last Friends episode....

[Guest guest]

Must be the US, people here are to busy watching Friends to run for

excercise.

Camille

>

> Even more significant than the last " Friends " episode? What

> sacrilege

>

> I guess it takes an aspie to remember but today, 5/6/04

is the

> fiftieth anniversary of the first four minute mile, run at Oxford

England,

> by Bannister, a twenty five year old medical student. His time,

> 3:59.4, was a signficant sports breakthrough, comparable to the first

> climbing of Mt. Everest in 1953. May 6th, 1954 was also a Thursday,

2609

> Thursdays ago.

>

> Bannister never exploited his feat, save for one book, " The

Perfect

> Mile " , which ends with his race against Landy at the 1954

Empire Games

> in Vancouver, the first race in which two men ran faster than four

minutes.

>

> Sir became a famous neurologist, master of one of Oxford's

> colleges, Pembroke and of course, made a cameo appearance in my " Sixty

> Minutes " story I visited Oxford's track in 1999 and walked a

seventeen

> minute mile around the track in Sir 's honor, photograghing

every turn.

> It is a lovely place to run, lined by lots of ancient buildings on the

> horizon.

>

> OK, you can go back to or your favorite

" Friend " now!!

>

> Jerry Newport

>

> PS: Since Bannister's feat, which of the following nations

has NOT

> produced a world record holder in the mile? USA, UK, Tanzania,

> Morroco, Ethiopia, Kenya or France?

[Guest guest]

At 07:40 AM 5/7/2004 -0800, Jane Meyerding wrote:

>Jerry wrote:

> > I guess it takes an aspie to remember but today, 5/6/04 is the

> >fiftieth anniversary of the first four minute mile, run at Oxford England,

> >by Bannister, a twenty five year old medical student.

>

>Hmmm. I guess NPR (National Public Radio in the U.S.) aims

>to autistify the country, because I heard lots and lots and

>lots about Bannister all day yesterday.

and CBC in Canada

>As for the final " Friends " episode....No offense to those

>who loved the show, but...I never watched it before and

>didn't see any reason to mar my record just becuase it

>was the last episode.

watched one episode with when it was part of a language arts

assignment to watch a certain episode and analyze it ..... 3 years ago...

>[Just as I typed " episode, " a Pentagon spokesman on the

>radio said the same word. He was using it to refer to

>the torture of prisoners.]

I forget what the one episode was but knowing the excellent teacher who

assigned it, it must have been an interesting topic (but still not

memorable... )

is running in his 1st PEI Roadrunners race tomorrow:

Saturday, May 8, 2004

Proudes Shoes 5K Fun Run

Distance: 5 K

Starting Time: 9:00 a.m.

Registration:8:00 a.m.- Proude's Shoe Store

Sherwood Shopping Centre

Sponsor: Proude's Shoes

Fund Raiser: Arthritis Society (Joints in Motion)

Course Description: A nice run for all abilities through the streets of

Sherwood

http://www.peiroadrunners.ca/PEIROADRUNNERHOME.html

-jypsy

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[Guest guest]

Jerry wrote:

> I guess it takes an aspie to remember but today, 5/6/04 is the

>fiftieth anniversary of the first four minute mile, run at Oxford England,

>by Bannister, a twenty five year old medical student.

Hmmm. I guess NPR (National Public Radio in the U.S.) aims

to autistify the country, because I heard lots and lots and

lots about Bannister all day yesterday.

As for the final " Friends " episode....No offense to those

who loved the show, but...I never watched it before and

didn't see any reason to mar my record just becuase it

was the last episode.

[Just as I typed " episode, " a Pentagon spokesman on the

radio said the same word. He was using it to refer to

the torture of prisoners.]

Jane

[Guest guest]

Gerald Newport wrote:

> Bannister never exploited his feat...

Maybe not, but he did exploit his feet.

Just trying to be punny.

" Feets, don't fail me now! " - - - Stepin Fetchit

http://www.dougmacauley.com/kingspud/sel_by_actor_index_2.php?

actor_first=Stepin & actor_last=Fetchit