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I Don’t Understand

September 22nd, 2009 - Uncategorized - 7 Comments »

I always thought that as a 29-year-old, husband and father of two, I’d understand more about the way this world works. Well, I was wrong. It only took me a couple seconds to compile a list of seven things I’m not even close to comprehending.

Insurance
Yesterday my basement flooded. Good thing I have insurance, right? Well, apparently the thousands of dollars I’ve paid them over the years to cover emergencies doesn’t cover…emergencies. What am I paying for again?

Stock Market
I was a business major in college. I took (and passed) several classes dealing with this very subject, and the only nugget I came away with was “buy low, sell high.”

Backwards Spinning Wheels
Dear car driving right next to me on the Interstate, Let me get this straight. You’re driving forward and yet your wheels appear to be spinning backwards. I think I deserve an explanation.

Cell Phones
Let me get this straight – the path of my phone call is my phone, cell tower, space, cell tower, your phone? Who’s idea was this? Why isn’t he the king of the world?

Minesweeper
I haven’t played in a while (due to my conversion to the world of Macintosh), but even when I used to I would just click on random squares until some numbers would pop up.

Cricket
When I lived in London for a few months, I tried to immerse myself into the culture as much as possible. This involved hours and hours in front of a TV trying to figure out the rules/end goal of cricket. Every time I asked someone to explain it, they would just give me a patronizing, you-couldn’t-possibly-understand laugh and then walk away.

Quantum Physics
Haven’t quite nailed this one yet, but I’m probably closer to mastering it than Minesweeper.

What don’t you understand that you think you should?
Or, can you help me understand one of the things above?
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  • http://intensedebate.com/people/evdaddy evdaddy

    I have never understood TV, especially live TV. How do you send video and audio through wires so that I can see it instantly…in HD no less?

  • http://allenmadding.blogspot.com Allen

    when my brothers home flooded in 1994 that homeowners insurance does not include flood insurance. It sems flood insurance is administered by the federal government, and you can’t purchase flood insurance unless you live in a flood plain.

    Why would someone live in a flood plain? And why wouldn’t you be able to buy flood insurance even after being flooded? It makes no sense.

    -Peace

  • Bryan

    Ultimate Fighting Championships- I have a hard time even watching a clip of someone in the NFL spraining their knee. Why would I pay to watch someone's face get beat in with no mercy?

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/evdaddy evdaddy

    i don't understand this either:

    Happy is he who repays you for what you have done to us – he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks. (Psalm 137:9)

  • Joel Purser

    I tried to post the links to wikipedia sites for all of those things but it wouldn't let me. The hubcap spinning backwards is call "the wagon wheel effect". Oh yeah and no one understands cricket.

  • http://allenmadding.blogspot.com allen

    OK, I stand corrected on my understanding of flood insurance. I hate to spread misinformation so:

    According to http://www.floodsmart.gov/

    As you found out (and my brother discoverd in the flood of 1994), Homeowners policies do not cover flood insurance (even if its a cracked water pipe).

    Flood insurance policies are available in two flavors: structure damage or structure damage and contents.

    There is typically a 30-day waiting period—from date of purchase—before a new flood policy goes into effect.

    Flood insurance for a home that is not in a flood plain can be purchased and can cost as little as $300 a yr.

    I think a lot of us are seriously considering adding a flood policy after the events of last week. Sorry that you have to endure the cost of the losses.

    More info at: http://www.floodsmart.gov/floodsmart/pages/reside…

  • Leigh

    Minesweeper debunked: The number in the square represents the number of bombs touching said square. You must right click where you believe the bomb to be and it will be flagged. You try to flag all bombs and reveal all numbers in a quick fashion-to beat the clock. I have hi scores on beg, intermed, and expert . . . mainly because no one else in my family cares about the game. My galaxga(?) high score gets much more respect. Too bad you have a Mac and can't experience all the fun. My work here is done.