Facts to Ponder...

PuckU126 · Post by **PuckU126** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:33 pm

FACTS TO PONDER:  DOCTORS (A) The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000 (B) Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year are 120,000 (C) Accidental deaths per physician is 0 .171 Statistics courtesy of U.S. Dept of Health Human Services. <hr /> Now think about this: GUNS (A) The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000. (Yes, that's 80 million..) (B) The number of accidental gun deaths per year is 1,500. (C) The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is 0 .0000188. Statistics courtesy of FBI <hr /> So, statistically, doctors are approximately 9,095 times more dangerous than gun owners. <hr /> Remember, "Guns don't kill people, doctors do."  <hr /> FACT: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN, BUT ALMOST EVERYONE HAS AT LEAST ONE DOCTOR. <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/laugh.gif ALT=":lol"> <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smokin.gif ALT=":smokin"> The Puck – aka: The self-proclaimed People’s Champion

hillhockey · Post by **hillhockey** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:05 am

using the same sort of statistics, i've heard from rotc sources that washington, dc is more dangerous than baghdad. <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/embarassed.gif ALT=":o">

PuckU126 · Post by **PuckU126** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:08 am

I find that hard to believe... There is a war going on in Baghdad. <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/eyes.gif ALT=":rolleyes"> <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smokin.gif ALT=":smokin"> The Puck – aka: The self-proclaimed People’s Champion

EREmpireStrikesBack · Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:35 am

I thought Baltimore was the worst? <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/nerd.gif ALT="8o"> <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/glasses.gif ALT="8)"> Elk River AA State Champions- 2001 Boys & 2004 Girls

PuckU126 · Post by **PuckU126** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:50 am

MOST DANGEROUS Cities Top 25: 1. Camden, NJ 2. Detroit, MI 3. St. Louis, MO (Nellyville <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/sick.gif ALT=":x"> ) 4. Flint, MI 5. Richmond, VA 6. Baltimore, MD (Empire's guess) 7. Atlanta, GA 8. New Orleans, LA (not anymore <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/eyes.gif ALT=":rolleyes"> ) 9. Gary, IN 10. Birmingham, AL 11. Richmond, CA 12. Cleveland, OH 13. Washington, DC <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/eek.gif ALT=":eek"> 14. West Palm Beach, FL 15. Compton, CA 16. Memphis, TN 17. Dayton, OH 18. San Bernardino, CA 19. Springfield, MA 20. Cincinnati, OH 21. Oakland, CA 22. Dallas, TX 23. Newark, NJ 24. Hartford, CT 25. Little Rock, AR As of 11/05 <hr /> <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smokin.gif ALT=":smokin"> The Puck – aka: The self-proclaimed People’s Champion

dasherdude · Post by **dasherdude** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:53 am

Some of the usual suspects - Newark, DC, Detroit, Cleveland, Compton. But, come on, Little Rock and Hartford... And no New York City.

PuckU126 · Post by **PuckU126** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:03 pm

<blockquote>Quote:<hr>And no New York City.<hr></blockquote> I was also surprised that I didn't see NYC up there as well. <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/eek.gif ALT=":eek"> <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smokin.gif ALT=":smokin"> The Puck – aka: The self-proclaimed People’s Champion

dasherdude · Post by **dasherdude** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:30 pm

DC was really bad for a while, then it got better. I wonder if all that with the Sniper skewed DC's stats somewhat? I've been to DC 6-8 time in the last 5 years and I didn't think it was too bad. Of course there were spots I wasn't too comfortable being with my pregnant wife (near RFK), but all in all I thought DC was pretty good. Newark is a dump, I'm surprised it's that low. Same with Philadelphia, it's a dump too but it's not even on the list. Philly must keep all it's riff raff in Camden.

koren808 · Post by **koren808** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 2:59 pm

Also no Miami, and their famed Liberty City. Also, Compton is lower than I though it would be. Lastly, how is Gary, IN in the top 10? ------------------- Catholics have churches, fat people have Wisconsin, and I have the Pawtucket Patriot brewery.- Peter Griffin

PuckU126 · Post by **PuckU126** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:25 pm

Have you ever been to Gary, IN? <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smokin.gif ALT=":smokin"> The Puck – aka: The self-proclaimed People’s Champion

EREmpireStrikesBack · Post by **EREmpireStrikesBack** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:28 pm

Definitely don't recommend it... <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/nerd.gif ALT="8o"> <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/glasses.gif ALT="8)"> Elk River AA State Champions- 2001 Boys & 2004 Girls

iblade06 · Post by **iblade06** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:36 pm

HAHA gary, indiana is a scary place im not going to lie. driving in there is like grand theft auto:realword. being in the top ten i really beleive it. i was there, and a lady crosses the street (interstate!) in the middle of a green yelling at some guy on the other side, while the other guy was standing there yelling profanities not needed on this board.. you could only guess. also one more intresting fact about the city highschool. 78% of students are either suspended, or expelled from school for a year by the time they are seniors

hillhockey · Post by **hillhockey** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:48 pm

GARY is also one heck of an UGLY city. they ruined their perfectly good views of lake michigan.

iblade06 · Post by **iblade06** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 4:11 pm

lol just like the central hillside of duluth...those would be nice homes if such poor income housing wasnt there.

2AhockeyOldTimer · Post by **2AhockeyOldTimer** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:39 pm

Northwestern St. Cloud Minnesota... It's very Dangerous... Crop Circles. "both ties they scored as many goals as the opponent" - ae42

frozen · Post by **frozen** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:30 pm

add duluth to that list... <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/wink.gif ALT=";)"> there'd be no hockey if the water wasn't FROZEN

PuckU126 · Post by **PuckU126** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 8:41 pm

SAFEST Citi  1. Newton, MA 2. Clarkstown, NY 3. Amherst, NY 4. Mission Viejo, CA 5. Brick Twnshp, NJ 6. Troy, MI 7. Thousand Oaks, CA 8. Round Rock, TX 9. Lake Forest, CA 10. Cary, NC 11. Colonie, NY 12. Fargo, ND (Where is Moorhead? <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/devil.gif ALT=":evil"> They are almost the same city..) 13. Irvine, CA 14. Orem, UT 15. Dover Twnshp, NJ 16. Warwick, RI 17. Sunnyvale, CA 18. Hamilton Twnshp, NJ 19. Parma, OH 20. Canton Twnshp, MI 21. Greece, NY 22. Simi Valley, CA 23. Coral Springs, FL 24. Port St. Lucie, FL 25. Centennial, CO As of 11/05 <hr /> <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smokin.gif ALT=":smokin"> The Puck – aka: The self-proclaimed People’s Champion Edited by: <A HREF=http://p100.ezboard.com/bmnhs.showUserP ... uckU126</A> <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://i18.ebayimg.com/02/i/04/df/8f/3a_1_b.JPG" BORDER=0> at: 2/24/06 5:24 pm

EREmpireStrikesBack · Post by **EREmpireStrikesBack** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:20 pm

What's the * for? <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/glasses.gif ALT="8)"> Elk River AA State Champions- 2001 Boys & 2004 Girls

PuckU126 · Post by **PuckU126** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:37 pm

I don't know. It was there. <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/eyes.gif ALT=":rolleyes"> If it bugs you that much, I can edit it for the 50 millionth time! <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/mad.gif ALT=">:"> <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smokin.gif ALT=":smokin"> The Puck – aka: The self-proclaimed People’s Champion

vandalhockey · Post by **vandalhockey** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:48 pm

What are the criteria for the dangerous cities? I know it's not all on gun related issues or per capita. We had to take a 1cr. class in law school on gun violence, and the list they gave us was all based per capita and I only knew like four cities on the whole thing. I wish I still had the material for that class, because I am almost positive there was a little town on one of our reservations that was in the top 15.

2AhockeyOldTimer · Post by **2AhockeyOldTimer** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 7:35 am

<blockquote>Quote:<hr>12. Fargo, ND<hr></blockquote> I'm too young to remember the movie, but doesn't this have a little irony. "both ties they scored as many goals as the opponent" - ae42

dasherdude · Post by **dasherdude** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:12 am

That's what I was thinking too. Kinda ironic, whoever created this list must not own a wood chipper.

EREmpireStrikesBack · Fri Feb 24, 2006 11:19 am

<blockquote>Quote:<hr>If it bugs you that much, I can edit it for the 50 millionth time!<hr></blockquote> I wouldn't want to make you do that... <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/eyes.gif ALT=":rolleyes"> Yeah I do. It bugs me big time <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/grin.gif ALT=" >D"> <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/glasses.gif ALT="8)"> Elk River AA State Champions- 2001 Boys & 2004 Girls

frozen · Post by **frozen** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 12:16 pm

If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. The numbers '172' can be found on the back of the U.S. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial. In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator. The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had. According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction. Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours per day. The most common name in the world is Mohammed. It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear. The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies. The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C. Rhode Island is the smallest state with the longest name. The official name, used on all state documents, is "Rhode Island and Providence Plantations." When you die your hair still grows for a couple of months. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States. The newspaper serving Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, the home of Rocky and Bullwinkle, is the Picayune Intellegence. It would take 11 Empire State Buildings, stacked one on top of the other, to measure the Gulf of Mexico at its deepest point. The first person selected as the Time Magazine Man of the Year - Charles Lindbergh in 1927. The most money ever paid for a cow in an auction was $1.3 million. It took Leo Tolstoy six years to write "War & Peace". The Neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is. On the new hundred dollar bill the time on the clock tower of Independence Hall is 4:10. Each of the suits on a deck of cards represents the four major pillars of the economy in the middle ages: heart represented the Church, spades represented the military, clubs represented agriculture, and diamonds represented the merchant class. The names of the two stone lions in front of the New York Public Library are Patience and Fortitude. They were named by then-mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building. The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly. Lucy and Linus (who where brother and sister) had another little brother named Rerun. (He sometimes played left-field on Charlie Brown's baseball team, [when he could find it!]). The pancreas produces Insulin. 1 in 5,000 north Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue. There are 10 human body parts that are only 3 letters long (eye hip arm leg ear toe jaw rib lip gum). A skunk's smell can be detected by a human a mile away. The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want. The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache. Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry. Mario, of Super Mario Bros. fame, appeared in the 1981 arcade game, Donkey Kong. His original name was Jumpman, but was changed to Mario to honor the Nintendo of America's landlord, Mario Segali. The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley. Every year about 98% of the atoms in your body are replaced. Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump. The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672. World Tourist day is observed on September 27. Women are 37% more likely to go to a psychiatrist than men are. The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet (9 m). Diet Coke was only invented in 1982. There are more than 1,700 references to gems and precious stones in the King James translation of the Bible. When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food. American car horns beep in the tone of F. Turning a clock's hands counterclockwise while setting it is not necessarily harmful. It is only damaging when the timepiece contains a chiming mechanism. There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as there are people. The kangaroo population is estimated at about 40 million. Police dogs are trained to react to commands in a foreign language; commonly German but more recently Hungarian. The Australian $5 to $100 notes are made of plastic. St. Stephen is the patron saint of bricklayers. The average person makes about 1,140 telephone calls each year. Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards. If you had enough water to fill one million goldfish bowls, you could fill an entire stadium. Mary Stuart became Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old. Charlie Brown's father was a barber. Flying from London to New York by Concord, due to the time zones crossed, you can arrive 2 hours before you leave. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet (2 m) away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV. A lion's roar can be heard from five miles away. The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles. Canadian researchers have found that Einstein's brain was 15% wider than normal. The average person spends about 2 years on the phone in a lifetime. The fist product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum. The largest number of children born to one woman is recorded at 69. From 1725-1765, a Russian peasant woman gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets. Beatrix Potter created the first of her legendary "Peter Rabbit" children's stories in 1902. In ancient Rome, it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose. The word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Seuss in "If I Ran the Zoo." A 41-gun salute is the traditional salute to a royal birth in Great Britain. The bagpipe was originally made from the whole skin of a dead sheep. The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear. Any cup-shaped object placed over the ear produces the same effect. Revolvers cannot be silenced because of all the noisy gasses which escape the cylinder gap at the rear of the barrel. Liberace Museum has a mirror-plated Rolls Royce; jewel-encrusted capes, and the largest rhinestone in the world, weighing 59 pounds and almost a foot in diameter. A car that shifts manually gets 2 miles more per gallon of gas than a car with automatic shift. Cats can hear ultrasound. Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado. The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used. Children grow faster in the springtime. On average, there are 178 sesame seeds on each McDonalds BigMac bun. Paul Revere rode on a horse that belonged to Deacon Larkin. The Baby Ruth candy bar was actually named after Grover Cleveland's baby daughter, Ruth. Minus 40 degrees Celsius is exactly the same as minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down -- hence the expression "to get fired" Nobody knows who built the Taj Mahal. The names of the architects, masons, and designers that have come down to us have all proved to be latter-day inventions, and there is no evidence to indicate who the real creators were. Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell. 7.5 million toothpicks can be created from a cord of wood. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. A 41-gun salute is the traditional salute to a royal birth in Great Britain. The earliest recorded case of a man giving up smoking was on April 5, 1679, when Johan Katsu, Sheriff of Turku, Finland, wrote in his diary "I quit smoking tobacco." He died one month later. "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you." February is Black History Month. Jane Barbie was the woman who did the voice recordings for the Bell System. The first drive-in service station in the United States was opened by Gulf Oil Company - on December 1, 1913, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees. Kansas state law requires pedestrians crossing the highways at night to wear tail lights. there'd be no hockey if the water wasn't FROZEN

EREmpireStrikesBack · Fri Feb 24, 2006 12:44 pm

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