Wow, BSman, after reading your latest diatribe you have simply
confirmed what I already thought *sigh*.

I was worried perhaps your determination of his genetic tendancy
towards baldness was incorrect, gosh could it have been 51.5% or was
it all the way to 53% likely that he would lose some hair, all those
figures, guess that is what one gets when they read the dictionary
all the time *grin*.

I have been here as I enjoyed his movies and also mourn the loss of
Barret_O on screen, but am happy that he is alive and successful in
his own right as an adult in this world (whether 52% headed towards
bald or no.....) And I also loved the pic of him with the gun.

All the best and blessings to everyone else likeminded!

:)))))



--- In Barret_Oliver_Fans@yahoogroups.com, Bman <zygodactyl_1@...>
wrote:
>
> mumofcassiesophiaeloise wrote:
> > Sorry, had to come back.
> >
> > While I agree that baldness is genetic I am very sused by the
post
> > that determines he was '52%' likely to lose hair like his father.
> > Hahaha, what a pretentious post!
>
> O.K.: you agree that baldness is genetic. Why, then, do you label
my
> post as being "pretentious"? Every child gets roughly half of each
> parents genes. We do know that the father has a male pattern
balding at
> a fairly young age gene (or whatever the scientists have named it).
We
> do not know whether the mother also has that gene; hence my
estimate of
> a 52% probability of Barret having the male pattern baldness at a
fairly
> young age gene. This is called a logical prediction:
>
> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pretentious
> 1: characterized by pretension: as a: making usually unjustified or
> excessive claims (as of value or standing) <the pretentious fraud
who
> assumes a love of culture that is alien to him — Richard Watts> b:
> expressive of affected, unwarranted, or exaggerated importance,
worth,
> or stature <pretentious language> <pretentious houses>2: making
demands
> on one's skill, ability, or means : ambitious <the pretentious
daring of
> the Green Mountain Boys in crossing the lake — American Guide
Series:
> Vermont>
>
> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/logical
> a (1): of, relating to, involving, or being in accordance with
logic
> (2): skilled in logic b: formally true or valid : analytic
deductive2:
> capable of reasoning or of using reason in an orderly cogent
fashion <a
> logical thinker>
>
> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prediction
> 1 : an act of predicting 2 : something that is predicted :
forecast
>
> Please tell me how crows taste.
> Bman
>