quotidian
(quote-tid'-ee-an) adj. 1: occuring every day. 2a: belonging to each day; everyday. 2b: commonplace; ordinary. [from Latin quot "(as) many as" + dies "days".]
Here are some of the everyday, commonplace happenings I experienced in NY, presented as NY in numbers. Since Quotidian wireless caves are no longer commonplace, I will have to post quickly while wireless is at hand.
Here is my 'NY in numbers':
8.2 million - the number of people who live in NY city
8 - the number of times I overhead people talking (loudly) about their 'therapist'
3 - times I have made friends because I have an iPad
2 -(2am) my self imposed curfew so I can wake in the morning
120 - number of words my NY host can talk per minute.
9 - the number of Lives I'll need if my host finds out I mentioned her in my blog (one of her 'rules')
6 - Rules broken at hosts place
842 - miles of subway track in NY
468 - number of subway stations
3 - Times I was reprimanded by security for taking photos
122, 8500 -estimated number of steps walked across Manhattan in 5 days
14 - Times I've been stopped in my street to ask 'where I got my cool pak' (picture to come)
18 squilliion - The number of rubbish bags on the streets.
12,000 - number of pets buried in the NY Pet Cemetary
1876 - The year the 'first boys club' s launched in NY
3 - number of times I got lost
3 - number of times I caught wrong train
4000 - number of street vendors
25 - total number of hours sleep in 7 days
Just a couple of numerical reminders-
ReplyDelete1. There are only 24 hours a day ........ even when one is on the Nth American continent.
2. Wunderkind from Oz need 8 hrs sleep per night or they end up looking like a 6am zombie from Central Park.
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