10

My very first nine hubs covered a very wide variety of different subjects, and none of which were anything alike. My first hub was all about holes. Then there was a hub about oranges, balls, cell phones, sports teams, hot juicy mouth watering hamburgers, and the weather. I also had two hubs about a particular word, and a sentence, which my number one follower drbj solved in less time then it did for me to write them. I thought it would be appropriate, and I decided for my 10th hub that it was time to discuss a number, and what would be more appropriate then the number "TEN"? The Webster's dictionary defines the number ten as the sum of nine and one: a cardinal number. Any number of this number, as 10, x, X. Anything consisting of or representing ten units, as a playing card, bill, etc.., and being one more than nine. The #10 can be used either as a noun or an adjective. But the #10 is a whole lot more to us all, and it is used in a vast variety of ways throughout our daily lives. The number ten is composed of the first two numbers 0 & 1. The #10 is an even number, and the first two digit number. It is a round number, but it's not a prime number. The #10 can be multiplied, divided, subtracted, and added to other numbers. How many times have you heard a parent say that they are going to count to ten, and then.... There's the top 10 count down. Hide-n-go seek normally begins by the searcher counting to ten. The news has an extended ten day forecast. A lot a times and often a scale of 1 to 10 is used. Coors light now comes to you in 10 fluid ounce cans. There is a ten dollar bill with a picture of Hamilton's face on it. There is 10 o'clock, or 10am in the morning or 10pm at night. There are 10 tires on the truck cab of a tractor trailer. Most people can hold their breath for ten seconds, however there are very few people that can hold their breath for 10 minutes. The current year we are living in now, 2010 ends in a 10, and that won't happen again in a hundred years. Ten psi or pounds per square inch is good air pressure in the tire of a riding lawn mower, but bad in an automobile tire. You will find 10 calories listed on nutritional labels on the packages of food. During this holiday season you will see signs in store windows offering 10% off. You've heard of the 10th time, 10 things, and there's a channel 10 news around here in these parts. As well as ten theaters in the Brassfield Cinemark 10. There are 10 digits in a phone number with an area code. Some people work a long 10 hour shifts. The number ten has been honored on Sesame street with a song to help teach children how to count. A 10 point margin can win a game. They say only 10% of all crime is actually reported. You will see 10 mph speed limit signs in shopping center parking lots. Just about everybody has 10 fingers, and 10 toes, except for a fellow that I work with. Most vehicle's gas tanks today can easily hold 10 gallons of gas. In books, magazines, and newspapers you will find a page 10. If you have ten kids, then you certainly have your hands full. In baseball 10 innings can make for a very exciting, and long game. You will find our 26th president Franklin Delano Roosevelt's face etched upon the dime or 10 cent coin. There is the final 10, the last 10. Both at NASA and during New Years we count down backwards from 10 for blast off and to welcome in the new year. A size 10 woman's dress size is fairly common, as is a size 10 in a man's shoe size. In a game of poker a pair of 10's beats a pair of 9's, or a pair of 8's and so on down the line. The Prime Minister lives at #10 Downing Street which is a very famous address, and last but not least a movie that a lot of us have seen, "10" (pictured above). The number ten is a lot of peoples favorite number, and is mine now too. Because it now gives me the 10 hubs needed for that much desired and honored Hub Page Accolade. Now it's probably pretty safe to say that there aren't any other hubbers out there that have used the number 10 theme for their 10th hub, and that this is a hub page first. Well I guess it's that time for you all to list below the things that you associate with the good old number 10, but remember you were only 10 years old one time in your life, so just please have fun with all of this!