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NNadir

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11. Two years ago, when we were visiting my son where he's in graduate school, I wore the Periodic Table shirt...

Sun Dec 28, 2025, 02:39 PM

Dec 28

...many people on the street would stop me to tell me they loved the shirt.

It still happens from time to time around here.

I usually attend the "Science on Saturday" event at PPPL near here.

Many people do as I did when my sons were in Junior and Senior High, bring their kids.

Let me tell you, some of those kids are extremely bright, as their questions show. I've seen kids as young as seven or eight ask questions that were fairly sophisticated, way beyond anything I could have asked at that age.

The world is not ending; it's changing. I have hopes for the children to rise beyond us with a core who can understand what we did to them. Great generations are generated by great challenges.

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My Sister-in-law, who's into mysticism (which I'm obviously not) gave me a t-shirt for Christmas I absolutely love. [View all] NNadir Dec 28 OP

I like it! QED Dec 28 #1

I'm not sure how to interpret the phrase "cat origami" -- cats folding paper ? people folding cats out of paper ? eppur_se_muova Dec 28 #27

People folding - QED Dec 28 #28

Well, that seemed like the safest guess -- but still, a book of origami for cats might be interesting. eppur_se_muova Dec 28 #31

I love it! SheltieLover Dec 28 #2

Insanely cool. Permanut Dec 28 #3

I want! I'm so jealous! Love it! Solly Mack Dec 28 #4

Very nice! 👍😻 littlemissmartypants Dec 28 #5

That's a shirt I would definitely wear, if I wore t-shirts! GoneOffShore Dec 28 #6

No, it was in a gift bag. NNadir Dec 28 #7

My joke was lame and playing off Schrodingers theory. GoneOffShore Dec 28 #10

No, your joke was clever, and unfortunately, my attention was such that I didn't get it. NNadir Dec 28 #12

Schrodinger's Joke BaronChocula Dec 28 #21

or not. erronis Dec 28 #23

So, how many people under the age of 20 (or maybe even under 30) ask you what it means? hlthe2b Dec 28 #8

Two years ago, when we were visiting my son where he's in graduate school, I wore the Periodic Table shirt... NNadir Dec 28 #11

I have had that too from the incredibly mature Parkland kids and those I know attend the best schools where I am... hlthe2b Dec 28 #14

There have always been two extremes in education. My father had an 8th grade education, dropped out to support... NNadir Dec 28 #20

The most important thing that any of us can learn FakeNoose Dec 28 #22

One of my friends found a periodic table shower curtain for her niyad Dec 28 #18

A fun joke: arrange the elements in the order of Tom Lehrer's song so you can sing it in the shower ! nt eppur_se_muova Dec 28 #29

I looked Schrdinger's cat....Warning: quantum mechanics surfered Dec 28 #9

The Big Bang Theory Dear_Prudence Dec 28 #13

My daughter gave me a tee shirt that reads: rsdsharp Dec 28 #15

That's a winner. NNadir Dec 28 #16

Absolutely LOVE IT!!! niyad Dec 28 #17

Wonderful! Grumpy Old Woman Dec 28 #19

Tsk. It looks half dead. Girard442 Dec 28 #24

!!! Right now it's neither and both, unless you look at it. NNadir Dec 28 #25

until a measurement is made Norrrm Dec 28 #26

LOL! Imagine what the scientists thought when they observed such strange behavior! nt Trueblue Texan Dec 28 #33

I WANT ONE! GiqueCee Dec 28 #30

Love this... Trueblue Texan Dec 28 #32

I want one! Faux pas Dec 29 #34