[Publib] A brief respite

[Hayden, Laura]

What a smart kid!
 
Laura Hayden, MLS, Reference Librarian, Beaufort Branch Library
311 Scott Street, Beaufort, SC 29902 
843.470.6522   lhayden at bcgov.net 
www.beaufortcountylibrary.org 
For Learning ~ For Leisure ~ For Life

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Sent: Thu 11/19/2009 9:24 PM
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Subject: [Publib] A brief respite


So today I got to play librarian.  I get a call from somebody who doesn't ask a labor standards question.  He says, "All right.  My son and I were looking at a book of the solar system and he said, 'Dad, all the craters on the moon are round.  If all kinds of asteroids hit the moon to make it that way, how come some of them didn't leave oval marks or long skids?"
 
And I got them this:  http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-are-impact-craters-al
 
Ten minutes after that I had to explain to somebody how a penalty for not giving restroom breaks in California must be computed in the form of a wage and is therefore subject to taxation.  Back to the grindstone.  
 
M. McGrorty