Guiness Book of World Records: 178 Foot Dash

When I was working at CalTrans in the late 50’s, Stuart Wright and I were assigned to take a speed zone survey on Highway 20 just west of Yuba City. Back in those days we didn’t have any of the fancy radar guns like they use now. We would set up two mirrors along the west bound lane, 178 feet apart. When a car went by the first mirror, we would click the stop watch and click it again when we saw the reflection in the second mirror and jot down the difference in times. Back at the office, we would convert the time to speed since 60 miles per hour was 88 feet per second we could figure out the speed of the car. The 178 foot distance gave us a double check.

We had done a lot of these surveys before in all situations, rural and urban. This was a very slow day, it was hot and very little traffic. Stuart thought it would be fun to see how fast we could each run the 178 foot distance. I timed Stuart and he timed me. I won and that is why I am claiming the record to enter into the Guinness Book of World Records.

Stuart, however, disputed the record by claiming I beat him because half way through his run, his shoe fell off and he had to stop and put it back on! If you ask me, that is just too bad, he should have tied his shoes on better!

"Rapper" Bob

After the first of the NBA playoffs between the Lakers and the Magic, Jimmy Kimmel was interviewing Eminem. Eminnem agreed to teach Jimmy how to “Rap”. Here is my first “Rap” effort.

"Rapper" Bob

My name is Bob
and rap’s my job.
It’s better than Pinky
and nobody calls me Stinky.
I’m a real cool cat
and that’s where I’m at.
I’ve learned to say “dude”
with my new attitude.
I live in Oregon
and it’s not “Boring and on”.
When I go to the Ocean
I look forward to crab and salt water taffy
Cause the salt water taffy makes me daffy.
and what's the perfect way to end this “malaise-y”?
Get to the Acropolis and go crazy!

Maybe I should bill myself as the World’s Oldest Rapper!!