Bruce,

Regarding your comment of May 30th @ 10:23 a.m.

‘’You are wrong in your assertion that the stonethrow is not an official weight & measure. The stonethrow is the fundamental basis of all weights & measures, and therefore is the most important weight & measure of all. For the past 72 years all anthropologists have know that the only difference between man and primates is that men are stonethrowers, and primates are not. All civilization on this planet is built on one thing only and that is the stonethrow of 165’, or in other words: BASEBALL.’’

Bruce, what can I tell ya?

Info @

http://www.weights-and-measures.com

And topics:

Common Linear Measure
Common Nautical Measure
Common Superficial Measure


1 irish stonethrow = 210’
1 scots stonethrow = 187 1/2’
1 stt. stonethrow = 165’

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All civilization on this planet is built on one thing only and that is the stonethrow of 165’, or in other words: BASEBALL.’’
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Can somebody please educate this poor misguided soul to the joys of listening to leather on willow.

<<For the past 72 years all anthropologists have know that the only difference between man and primates is that men are stonethrowers, and primates are not. >>

Apparently, not so.
http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/~reffland/anthropology/anthro2003/origins/hominid_journey/optional3.html
snippet from longer article on primate tool use:
<<<. . . Male chimps like to throw missiles-whatever is handy, generally sticks and stones. (Like the inmates of college fraternity houses, they also occasionally throw food.) Females are much less interested in missiles. Chimps would throw stones at the visitors who gawk at them in the traditional kind of zoo-if they had stones. As it is, all they have is feces. When wild chimps are presented with a fairly realistic mechanical leopard, after a reassurance frenzy of screams, hugs, and mutual mountings, they find appropriate clubs and beat the effigy to death-or at least until they knock the stuffing out. Or they'll pelt it with stones. (In the same circumstance, baboons will furiously attack the leopard, but without a thought of using clubs. Baboons just don't know about tools.)

Chimps have stunned or killed by throwing stones. The directionality of their throwing is good. Where they're deficient is in range: In tense confrontations with prey or hostile peers, thrown rocks hit their targets only a few percent of the time. Adolescent boys don't do much better under comparable conditions. But even when inaccurate, a hail of stones can be off-putting. . . .>>>