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("Gary Drescher" wrote)
"I believe that the Good Lord gave us a finite number of heartbeats and
I'm damned if I'm going to use up mine running up and down a street."
- Neil Armstrong

It'd be sad if Armstrong, a de facto ambassador for science, had said
something so baseless. Is there any evidence that he actually did?


Google Neil Armstrong quotes first hit first quote

It's Google, I know. If it was in a Quote Book at the library would that be
a better proof/evidence? Hmm, probably. :-)


Montblack

"Montblack" wrote in message
...
("Gary Drescher" wrote)
"I believe that the Good Lord gave us a finite number of heartbeats and
I'm damned if I'm going to use up mine running up and down a street."
- Neil Armstrong

It'd be sad if Armstrong, a de facto ambassador for science, had said
something so baseless. Is there any evidence that he actually did?

Google Neil Armstrong quotes first hit first quote

Yup, like any chain-letter, it's all over the web. But none of the sites
cite any evidence, as far as I've noticed. In effect, lots of people are all
pointing to one another and saying "I believe it because *you* do". :-)

If it was in a Quote Book at the library would that be a better
proof/evidence?

Nope, not unless the book cites a credible original source.

--Gary

"I believe that the Good Lord gave us a finite number of heartbeats and
I'm damned if I'm going to use up mine running up and down a street."
- Neil Armstrong


It'd be sad if Armstrong, a de facto ambassador for science, had said
something so baseless. Is there any evidence that he actually did?

I have a feeling that whoever did say it was saying it in jest, and in
jest it would not be sad if Armstrong said it.

Jose
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"Jose" wrote in message
...
I have a feeling that whoever did say it was saying it in jest, and in
jest it would not be sad if Armstrong said it.

Yes, good point.

--Gary

I transitioned from being a high school first baseman to a college pitcher
because my sorry hiney couldn't take that 90 feet from home plate to first
base after a slow roller to the infield without being thrown out as I passed
the opposing dugout. Ptichers ain't gotta BE fast, just gotta THROW fast.
Or throw junk that weaves its way from the mound to the plate via goosey
routes. Tha's me.

Jim



"Montblack" wrote in message
...

I shunned all marathon talk because I was a sprinter at heart - albeit a
very, very slow sprinter.

Jose wrote:
"I believe that the Good Lord gave us a finite number of heartbeats
and I'm damned if I'm going to use up mine running up and down a
street."
- Neil Armstrong



It'd be sad if Armstrong, a de facto ambassador for science, had said
something so baseless. Is there any evidence that he actually did?


I have a feeling that whoever did say it was saying it in jest, and in
jest it would not be sad if Armstrong said it.

Jose

I just can't resist a challenge. The first 3 pages of Google hits do
seem to back up Armstrong as a source, unlike an awful lot of wit
wrongly attributed to George Carlin, Erma Bombeck and Andy Rooney - most
of those erroneous.

"StellaStarr" wrote in message
news:yQGze.137505$x96.64636@attbi_s72...
"I believe that the Good Lord gave us a finite number of heartbeats and
I'm damned if I'm going to use up mine running up and down a street."
- Neil Armstrong

It'd be sad if Armstrong, a de facto ambassador for science, had said
something so baseless. Is there any evidence that he actually did?

I just can't resist a challenge. The first 3 pages of Google hits do seem
to back up Armstrong as a source,

There are tons of sites that attribute the quote to him, but I didn't notice
any sites that said anything about what makes them think he said it. Did you
find that information anywhere?

Thanks,
Gary

On 2005-07-08, Montblack Y4-NOT wrote:
"I believe that the Good Lord gave us a finite number of heartbeats and I'm
damned if I'm going to use up mine running up and down a street."
- Neil Armstrong

I hope he said that in jest - whilst doing exercise will increase your
heart rate whilst doing it, if you are fit your resting heartbeat will
be far lower than an unfit person.

An unfit person probably has a resting heartbeat of around 70-75 bpm.
I'm reasonably fit and my resting heartrate is around 50 bpm. Since you
only do vigorous exercise for a fairly short time but there's lots of
sitting around to do you'll use far less if you're fit!
--
Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net
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"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"

"I believe that the Good Lord gave us a finite number of heartbeats
and I'm damned if I'm going to use up mine running up and down a
street."
- Neil Armstrong

It'd be sad if Armstrong, a de facto ambassador for science, had said
something so baseless. Is there any evidence that he actually did?

I am ancienct enough to confirm that one of the original astronauts
said it. I (and most U.S. citizens alaive at the time) heard about
way back at the time it was said, because the media considered it
"newsworthy." Don't know for sure if it was Armstrong or one of the
others, but it definitely was one of those astronauts.

vince norris

Peter Duniho wrote:

So I suppose if your only goal is to maximize the length of your life,
starving yourself makes a lot of sense.

Nah ... you won't live any longer; it just *seems* longer.

George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.