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Posted : March 14, 2023 10:23 am
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So, here's the question.  Can that be proven true with anything physical and a tape measure?


 
Posted : March 14, 2023 10:58 am
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When my son was in junior high he memorized pi to 193 places, and Pi Day became a family tradition.  We still observe it around here, though with less fanfare now that he's in grad school.


 
Posted : March 14, 2023 11:13 am
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One Saturday morning in 2015 at the kids weekend basketball games at about ~9:37 AM we hollered “Happy Pi Day!”


 
Posted : March 14, 2023 11:38 am
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I got to work this morning to find an oatmeal cream pie wrapped in cellophane with a "Happy Pi Day" sticker on it.


 
Posted : March 14, 2023 11:49 am

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My wife had someone in her office who made a fuss over pi day. I made a pi cookie cutter and for several years she made pi cookies.


 
Posted : March 14, 2023 11:53 am
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Posted : March 14, 2023 11:59 am
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My password is the last five digits of pi.


 
Posted : March 14, 2023 12:19 pm
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@dave-lindell 

You and Buzz Lightyear have a lot in common:  "To infinity and beyond!!!"


 
Posted : March 14, 2023 1:57 pm
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Can that be proven true

What?


 
Posted : March 14, 2023 2:06 pm

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Gitcher hula hoop and a one foot ruler.  Measure the circumference.  Measure the diameter.  Divide.  Bet you don't get 3.1415926535987...............................

Be lucky to get 3.1.


 
Posted : March 14, 2023 9:37 pm
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@holy-cow 

  • You reversed a couple digits near the end of that.

 
Posted : March 15, 2023 7:44 am
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@bill93 

............. Did I get it right, this time?  


 
Posted : March 15, 2023 7:53 am
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3.14159265358979..


 
Posted : March 15, 2023 5:57 pm
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@bill93 

I never tried to remember anything past 3.14159, ever.  All I did for my earlier post was to list off the number as written on the Archimedes' Bakery menu board in the OP.  I foolishly assumed they had it right.


 
Posted : March 15, 2023 10:05 pm