So How Did The Rock Get on Campus?...

[YankeeVol]

Interesting stuff. I had wondered myself

 

[DD4ME]

Any guesses on how much larger the rock is now with 50 odd years of paint layering up on it?

the official answer is: "grower"

 

[5KEEPERS]

played at the end of the gstu game directing traffic with all the freshman dbs.

thanks

 

[Aesius]

By laying the smackdown on jabronis like you.

 

[cbbowlingmd]

I would love to see comparison pics between the rock today and in the 60's...I'm curious how much bigger it is after 50+ years of paint.

 

[BlackFox]

Originated in an exploding star, I believe.

 

[TnTech_Vol]

And on the 7th day God created the Rock so that it can be painted.

 

[utvolpj]

Originated in an exploding star, I believe.

I don't believe that kind of thought is allowed in TN

 

[Spartacavolus]

When they trim the grass around it, the rock looks even bigger.

 

[Orange_Crush]

Cornerstone?

We finally found the missing White House corner stone. Those FreeMasons are a devilish bunch!

 

[volinga33]

Any guesses on how much larger the rock is now with 50 odd years of paint layering up on it?

4-6 inches

 

[zansdad]

When they trim the grass around it, the rock looks even bigger.

:lolabove::lolabove:

 

[zansdad]

Well, let's see. First the earth cooled. And then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat, so they all died and they turned into oil.Then...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REw5-_rpFDE[/youtube]

 

[cbbowlingmd]

When they trim the grass around it, the rock looks even bigger.

Someone's been spying on me.

 

[RockyTopRenegade]

Any guesses on how much larger the rock is now with 50 odd years of paint layering up on it?

Average paint coat = .0005"

X's 104 (painted twice a week) X's 50 years = 2.6"

Give or take a half inch.

 

[Coach Punk]

By laying the smackdown on jabronis like you.

FINALLY...

(dramatic pause)

THE ROCK...

(dramatic pause)

HAS COME BACK..

(dramatic pause)


(longer dramatic pause)


...home...

 

[Nerd-Vol]

Average paint coat = .0005"

X's 104 (painted twice a week) X's 50 years = 2.6"

Give or take a half inch.

Great. Thank you.

 

[chattavfl86]

When they trim the grass around it, the rock looks even bigger.

If the earth would lose some weight the dirt mound at the base of the rock would recede and the rock might gain an optical inch or two.

 

[Thrasher865]

Average paint coat = .0005"

X's 104 (painted twice a week) X's 50 years = 2.6"

Give or take a half inch.

Give or take a foot. It's way more than that.

 

[onefesternation]

Average paint coat = .0005"

X's 104 (painted twice a week) X's 50 years = 2.6"

Give or take a half inch.

From what I googled, the average paint coat = .005". Using your same calculations, obviously, that would yield an answer of 26" instead.

 

[DD4ME]

Average paint coat = .0005"

X's 104 (painted twice a week) X's 50 years = 2.6"

Give or take a half inch.

Off by a decimal place
Pick a number you would guesstimate we paint it on average a year and multiply by .25
That's the total for all 50 years
Example 104(as discussed)x.25"=over 2 feet

 

[rockytop_14]

Here you go OP. Hope this helps.
Geology For Dummies:Book Information - For Dummies

 

[DD4ME]

I was wrong the rock is a shower not a grower

 

[Special Ed]

Billions of years ago, the biggest, baddest meteor circling the universe 7 years after the Big Bang was knocked out of it's orbit by an enormous Orange solar flare. It then slammed into the Earth, landing on the first reptile to make it's way north of the swamp, smashing the poor critter to smithereens. The meteorite has remained in the same place to this day.

 

[PowerSweep]

Here you go OP. Hope this helps.
Geology For Dummies:Book Information - For Dummies

Hehe...nice