[Harp-L] Subject: Re: Smo-Joe's math/Charlie McCoy Sessions

[EGS1217@xxxxxxx]

Hey Rick, even I immediately noticed that Smokey's 1,095 figure was 3x 365, 
 lol...and math wasn't my major, although I am good at it. I figured he 
simply  was counting 3 sessions a day to show the absurdity in the assumption 
that  any human (even a great musician like his friend Charlie McCoy - or 
even  Tommy Reilly for that matter) could fit that kind of schedule into their  
lives. (I mean, weekends and holidays are included if we're actually  
talking 365 days a year!)  Clearly the '222' was a typo.
 
I know how Smokey is with facts and figures...this is somebody who'd catch  
the bank in a checking account error of less than a dollar and go down 
there to  make them fix it. So I'd sure trust him with my  accounting<G>.  
Believe me, he really IS a whiz at  math. 
 
Elizabeth
 
 
"Message: 12
Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 02:00:29 -0400
From: Joe and Cass  Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Re: Harp-L Digest, Vol 69,  Issue 55
To: "hazcon" <hazcon@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc:  harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx


I purposefully TRIPLED the figures to see if  everyone was paying  
attention. 12,000 sessions would be 32.8767 YEARS  at one per DAY. OR,  
49.3 PLUS years at one every DAY & a HALF.  Hah, that's a laugh. I  
believe it was little Jimmy Dickens who was the  first to break the  
'300 shows a year' barrier.  Nope, I believe  that the 'Theys that  
say' are wrong. I think we would be hard to  pressed to find 12,ooo  
harmonica sessions PERIOD.  It isn't  unusual for a fan to over  
emphasize their hero's accomplishments in an  attempt to add to their  
esteem. I don't think it's necessary in this  case. Charlie is a bad  
hombre.
BTW, did you see the 222  years?  (giggle). btw(2) My college training  
is automated  business systems & accounting. (chortle).

Joe Press & the  Tones

"On May 22, 2009, at 1:41 AM, hazcon wrote:

>
>  Smokey wrote
>
>
>> I would dispute that. I'm not trying to  be a wise guy here and I  
>> love Charlie to pieces BUT, if you  extrapolate the numbers, IF you  
>> were to  * A V E R A G E  * a session PER day, you can do 1,095 per  
>>  year
>
>                 A session per day would be 365 per year?
>
>>  NO time off, It would take nearly 11 years. Every other day and   
>> it  would be almost 222 years. Every 3 days and it's almost  33.  
>> Every 4 days..almost 44. Now he HAS been around that  long, but  
>> still..every 4 days? Pretty hard to manage. For  that many years,  
>> any-HO.
>
>       Now there is some  odd math in there ;-0
>
>> Ergo: The famous 'They that say' have  struck again.
>>
>> Joe Yuma & the Doors
>
>  Good job you can play Harmonica Smokey ........I wouldn't want you   
> doin' my accounts ;-)
> Rick
> in  NZ"


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