July 28-August 3, 2005
naked city
Running Numbers1/2 Number of pipes that will be used during Tony Hawk's Boom Boom Huckjam, coming to the Wachovia Center on July 29.
1 Number of additional shares of Sunoco common stock, for each share owned, to be received by shareholders after the two-for-one stock split, effective Aug. 1.
3 Number of years it took organizers to obtain water quality data on the Schuylkill in order to launch the Philadelphia Triathlon, which will take place on July 31 with a half-mile swim, a 17-mile bike ride and a four-mile run. Pennsylvania Department of Health tests show that "the fecal coliform density of a sample collected at a bathing beach does not exceed 1,000 colony-forming units per 100 milliliters." Maybe it's just me, but when I swim a half-mile in a river, it's not the fecal coliform density I worry about. It's the rogue whales.
4 Total number of years William Penn spent in Pennsylvania. (Penn died on July 30, 1718.)
4 Number of shows Tom Jones will perform at Resorts Atlantic City from July 28-31. Nothing says happy birthday to your girlfriend like opening-night, front-row Tom Jones tickets. Shhh … it's a surprise!
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