slumlord;
Good evening to you sir, I hope the day behaved well for you and you're all getting the weather you need down in your part of Tennessee tonight.
Some time back when I was attempting to ascertain just how long ago we as a species knew not only that we're sitting on a ball, but were able to calculate the size of said orb, I ran across this chap Eratothenes of Cyrene.
His claim to fame and I'd be so bold as to say it's not a terrible one at that, was to do a bit of reading and then cyphering on the subject back about 240BC and come up with a number that was very, very close to what we know today.
I mean he was the Chief Librarian at the Library of Alexandria - so no mere piker for sure - still I thought that considering how I need to pull out my phone to calculate some pretty basic stuff anymore... well you know slumlord, I was impressed is all.
All the best to you and good luck on your hunts this fall.
Dwayne
