Odds or evens
It's (even) in the title: odds before evens.
Day eight of 10 today in Adelaide. The team is one and three and has two games remaining; we hope for a .500 record. Our batting has been struggling (numbers-based); it needs to lift, and it will.
Donald George Bradman famously missed averaging a 100 (even) by the barest of margins, his final average being 99.94 (odd). He is forever remembered for an odd number, while the rest of his stats lean heavily to even: 52 Tests played, 6996 runs, a highest score of 334. However, he did the majority of his damage batting in the no.—three position. Odds and evens fighting each other.
Also, when you add two even numbers, the result is always even because even numbers are multiples of 2, and their sum remains divisible by 2. Similarly, when you add two odd numbers, the result is also even because the extra "1" in each odd number combines to form another multiple of 2. This was new to me.
The reason for all this?
Sunday night, after a daytime high of 38C, the predicted low was an excessive 27C—not ideal sleeping conditions, especially after a below-average showing on the field. Before dinner, I thought it best to give the AC a run and then decide whether I sleep with it on later. It defaulted to 17C, with the fan showing three bars. Decision time!
I have always been an even person—once rigidly, now not as staunch. The air was perfect, but 17 and three were odd multiples. I ended up leaving it—sacrilege to the true disciples of always even or odd.
Of course, I returned to watch the Big Bash season opener post-dinner—the volume was set to even!
How are you placed on the spectrum?
Happy Wednesday (odd)
Nick