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Rich The Philosophizer
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Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:52 pm Post subject:
Re: Circuit that produces a tingling sensation in the finger |
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On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 15:53:06 +0000, John Woodgate wrote:
| Quote: | I read in sci.electronics.design that Paul Burke <paul@scazon.com> wrote
(in <32b154F3k64i0U1@individual.net>) about 'Circuit that produces a
tingling sensation in the fingers.', on Wed, 15 Dec 2004:
Roger Johansson wrote:
You have to realize that John Woodgate is so old that when he
learned the
multiplication table it was still very new, and still contained some
faulty results. The multiplication tables have been debugged since
then.
John, like myself, was taught the tables in an age when you had to be
prepared to change base several times within a single problem. 12d = 1s,
20s = £1, 21s = 1 guinea. A £133/6/8d note would not have been
surprising back then.
We also had to convert from £133/6/8 to £133.33 *mentally* and £24.737
to £24/14/8 and three farthings as well. Mental calculation in base 960.
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I've heard that in England, they spend a semester learning to make change,
but weights and measures are done in a day (metric). In the US, it's the
other way around.
Well, before they decimalized the pound.
Cheers!
Rich |
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Rich The Philosophizer
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Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:56 pm Post subject:
Re: Circuit that produces a tingling sensation in the finger |
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On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 14:11:46 +0000, John Woodgate wrote:
| Quote: | I read in sci.electronics.design that Roger Johansson <no-email@home.se
wrote (in <Xns95C094F46393D86336@130.133.1.4>) about 'Circuit that
produces a tingling sensation in the fingers.', on Wed, 15 Dec 2004:
Paul Burke <paul@scazon.com> wrote:
John Woodgate wrote:
Sorry, I can only accept four $125 bills, or three £133.33 bills.
Discount eh?
You have to realize that John Woodgate is so old that when he learned the
multiplication table it was still very new, and still contained some
faulty results. The multiplication tables have been debugged since then.
I really didn't want to explain, but I suppose I must. The $133.33 bills
are much rarer, and sell to collectors at over $2500 each.
I'd even accept a genuine 1952 English penny.
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From the side thread, it sort of sounds like that should be, "_the_
genuine 1952 English penny." ;-)
Cheers!
Rich |
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Keith Williams
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Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:59 pm Post subject:
Re: Circuit that produces a tingling sensation in the finger |
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In article <pan.2004.12.15.18.04.20.597123@neodruid.org>,
null@example.net says...
| Quote: | On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 15:53:06 +0000, John Woodgate wrote:
I read in sci.electronics.design that Paul Burke <paul@scazon.com> wrote
(in <32b154F3k64i0U1@individual.net>) about 'Circuit that produces a
tingling sensation in the fingers.', on Wed, 15 Dec 2004:
Roger Johansson wrote:
You have to realize that John Woodgate is so old that when he
learned the
multiplication table it was still very new, and still contained some
faulty results. The multiplication tables have been debugged since
then.
John, like myself, was taught the tables in an age when you had to be
prepared to change base several times within a single problem. 12d = 1s,
20s = £1, 21s = 1 guinea. A £133/6/8d note would not have been
surprising back then.
We also had to convert from £133/6/8 to £133.33 *mentally* and £24.737
to £24/14/8 and three farthings as well. Mental calculation in base 960.
I've heard that in England, they spend a semester learning to make change,
but weights and measures are done in a day (metric). In the US, it's the
other way around.
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It took me a while to get used to their FSF[*] system.
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Well, before they decimalized the pound.
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Ten ounces to the pound?
[*] - Furlong Stone Fortnight
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John Woodgate
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Thu Dec 16, 2004 12:06 am Post subject:
Re: Circuit that produces a tingling sensation in the finger |
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I read in sci.electronics.design that Rich The Philosophizer
<null@example.net> wrote (in <pan.2004.12.15.18.04.20.597123@neodruid.or
g>) about 'Circuit that produces a tingling sensation in the fingers.',
on Wed, 15 Dec 2004:
| Quote: | I've heard that in England, they spend a semester learning to make
change, but weights and measures are done in a day (metric). In the US,
it's the other way around.
Well, before they decimalized the pound.
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No, we kept avoirdupois long after dismalization. In fact, we are still
getting people prosecuted for selling potatoes in pounds instead of
units of 454 grams.
I don't know whether the kids are taught hexadecimal or '16 ounces = 1
pound'.
--
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only.
The good news is that nothing is compulsory.
The bad news is that everything is prohibited.
http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk |
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John Woodgate
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Thu Dec 16, 2004 12:14 am Post subject:
Re: Circuit that produces a tingling sensation in the finger |
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I read in sci.electronics.design that Rich The Philosophizer
<null@example.net> wrote (in <pan.2004.12.15.18.07.49.539722@neodruid.or
g>) about 'Circuit that produces a tingling sensation in the fingers.',
on Wed, 15 Dec 2004:
| Quote: | From the side thread, it sort of sounds like that should be, "_the_
genuine 1952 English penny." ;-)
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I was careful to say that only one example is KNOWN. I believe there are
alleged to be up to five more out there somewhere. They were not issued
in Britain, but in the then British islands in the Caribbean.
--
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only.
The good news is that nothing is compulsory.
The bad news is that everything is prohibited.
http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk |
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Rich Grise
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Thu Dec 16, 2004 1:31 am Post subject:
Re: Circuit that produces a tingling sensation in the finger |
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On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 13:59:29 -0500, Keith Williams wrote:
| Quote: | In article <pan.2004.12.15.18.04.20.597123@neodruid.org>, null@example.net
says...
On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 15:53:06 +0000, John Woodgate wrote:
I read in sci.electronics.design that Paul Burke <paul@scazon.com
wrote (in <32b154F3k64i0U1@individual.net>) about 'Circuit that
produces a tingling sensation in the fingers.', on Wed, 15 Dec 2004:
Roger Johansson wrote:
You have to realize that John Woodgate is so old that when he
learned the
multiplication table it was still very new, and still contained some
faulty results. The multiplication tables have been debugged since
then.
John, like myself, was taught the tables in an age when you had to be
prepared to change base several times within a single problem. 12d =
1s, 20s = £1, 21s = 1 guinea. A £133/6/8d note would not have been
surprising back then.
We also had to convert from £133/6/8 to £133.33 *mentally* and
£24.737 to £24/14/8 and three farthings as well. Mental calculation
in base 960.
I've heard that in England, they spend a semester learning to make
change, but weights and measures are done in a day (metric). In the US,
it's the other way around.
It took me a while to get used to their FSF[*] system.
Well, before they decimalized the pound.
Ten ounces to the pound?
Oh, you Brits and your British Humour! Of course, if I'd said, "Pound |
Sterling," neither of you would have had this opportunity. I hope you
appreciate it! ;-)
Cheers!
Rich
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Rich Grise
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Thu Dec 16, 2004 1:35 am Post subject:
Re: Circuit that produces a tingling sensation in the finger |
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On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 19:14:38 +0000, John Woodgate wrote:
| Quote: | I read in sci.electronics.design that Rich The Philosophizer
null@example.net> wrote (in <pan.2004.12.15.18.07.49.539722@neodruid.or
g>) about 'Circuit that produces a tingling sensation in the fingers.', on
Wed, 15 Dec 2004:
From the side thread, it sort of sounds like that should be, "_the_
genuine 1952 English penny." ;-)
I was careful to say that only one example is KNOWN. I believe there are
alleged to be up to five more out there somewhere. They were not issued in
Britain, but in the then British islands in the Caribbean.
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Back in the 1970's I had heard that the "Joseph W. Barr" $1.00 bill was
worth something on the collector market because it was so rare. I was in
Okinawa at the time, in the USAF, where they spent dollars, since it was
an "American Protectorate" or something. It turns out that that's were all
of the Barr dollars went. I collected about two hundred of them to take
home and cash in, but apparently so did every other GI that came home from
Oki that year. )-;
Cheers!
Rich |
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krw
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Thu Dec 16, 2004 1:35 am Post subject:
Re: Circuit that produces a tingling sensation in the finger |
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In article <pan.2004.12.15.19.43.04.81767@example.net>,
rich@example.net says...
| Quote: | On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 13:59:29 -0500, Keith Williams wrote:
In article <pan.2004.12.15.18.04.20.597123@neodruid.org>, null@example.net
says...
On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 15:53:06 +0000, John Woodgate wrote:
I read in sci.electronics.design that Paul Burke <paul@scazon.com
wrote (in <32b154F3k64i0U1@individual.net>) about 'Circuit that
produces a tingling sensation in the fingers.', on Wed, 15 Dec 2004:
Roger Johansson wrote:
You have to realize that John Woodgate is so old that when he
learned the
multiplication table it was still very new, and still contained some
faulty results. The multiplication tables have been debugged since
then.
John, like myself, was taught the tables in an age when you had to be
prepared to change base several times within a single problem. 12d =
1s, 20s = £1, 21s = 1 guinea. A £133/6/8d note would not have been
surprising back then.
We also had to convert from £133/6/8 to £133.33 *mentally* and
£24.737 to £24/14/8 and three farthings as well. Mental calculation
in base 960.
I've heard that in England, they spend a semester learning to make
change, but weights and measures are done in a day (metric). In the US,
it's the other way around.
It took me a while to get used to their FSF[*] system.
Well, before they decimalized the pound.
Ten ounces to the pound?
Oh, you Brits and your British Humour! Of course, if I'd said, "Pound
Sterling," neither of you would have had this opportunity. I hope you
appreciate it! ;-)
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Brits? Me? Ok, I do currently live in New England, but...
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John Woodgate
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Thu Dec 16, 2004 1:47 am Post subject:
Re: Circuit that produces a tingling sensation in the finger |
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I read in sci.electronics.design that Keith Williams <krw@att.bizzzz>
wrote (in <MPG.1c2a539b767413919897da@news.individual.net>) about
'Circuit that produces a tingling sensation in the fingers.', on Wed, 15
Dec 2004:
| Quote: | Ten ounces to the pound?
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Yes. Very cheap, snow leopards are. And very light.
--
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only.
The good news is that nothing is compulsory.
The bad news is that everything is prohibited.
http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk |
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Paul Burke
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Thu Dec 16, 2004 1:40 pm Post subject:
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John Woodgate wrote:
| Quote: | Ten ounces to the pound?
Yes. Very cheap, snow leopards are. And very light.
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The ounce (Acceptable in a former cat), along with the eland (England
lost no good deer), the lynx (Girl with sexy beast), the ocelot (Weird
alien cool cat) and a few others, is a member of the Crossword
Menagerie, beasts only ever seen in cryptic crosswords, and a sign of
desperation on the part of the setter.
Paul Burke |
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Paul Burke
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Thu Dec 16, 2004 1:43 pm Post subject:
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John Woodgate wrote:
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I don't know whether the kids are taught hexadecimal or '16 ounces = 1
pound'.
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When it's not 14. Remember the table on the back of school exercise
books that began "2 glasses - one noggin"? Fortunately nobody ever asked
me to convert the Yorkshire Woollen Ell to centimetres.
Paul Burke |
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Paul Burke
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Thu Dec 16, 2004 1:47 pm Post subject:
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Keith Williams wrote:
| Quote: | FSF[*] system.
[*] - Furlong Stone Fortnight
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Good one! Why are mountains (well eminences anyway) always measured in
feet in the UK, but yards in the USA? And why were horses' prices always
quoted in guineas? Why haven't men cottoned on to millimetres as a more
impressive unit of penile shortness?
Paul Burke |
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Roger Johansson
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Thu Dec 16, 2004 2:11 pm Post subject:
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Paul Burke <paul@scazon.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Why haven't men cottoned on to millimetres as a more
impressive unit
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And why isn't Mega-meter (Mm) used more?
It is a very useful unit in the modern world where we travel long
distances.
USA is 5Mm from coast to coast, Paris-Beijing is 10Mm, my country is 1.6
Mm from north to south, the equator is exactly 40Mm long, etc..
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John Woodgate
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Thu Dec 16, 2004 2:28 pm Post subject:
Re: Circuit that produces a tingling sensation in the finger |
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I read in sci.electronics.design that Paul Burke <paul@scazon.com> wrote
(in <32d0c0F3kl331U1@individual.net>) about 'Circuit that produces a
tingling sensation in the fingers.', on Thu, 16 Dec 2004:
| Quote: | The ounce (Acceptable in a former cat)
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Very few people these days would recognise 'U' as meaning 'acceptable'.
OTOH, no-one has yet mentioned the cause of pricking of thumbs.
--
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only.
The good news is that nothing is compulsory.
The bad news is that everything is prohibited.
http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk |
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John Woodgate
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Thu Dec 16, 2004 2:34 pm Post subject:
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I read in sci.electronics.design that Paul Burke <paul@scazon.com> wrote
(in <32d0p3F3k7lcqU1@individual.net>) about 'Circuit that produces a
tingling sensation in the fingers.', on Thu, 16 Dec 2004:
| Quote: | Good one! Why are mountains (well eminences anyway) always measured in
feet in the UK, but yards in the USA?
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Are they? My one US-made map doesn't agree with you. The furlong, of
course, is a unit of length very close to 200 metres.
| Quote: | And why were horses' prices always
quoted in guineas?
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Because the guinea is a much older unit of currency and was always a
gold coin (AFAIK). The heights of horses are measured in hands, of
course, a unit of approximately 100 mm.(;-)
| Quote: | Why haven't men cottoned on to millimetres as a more
impressive unit of penile shortness?
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Why not zoctometres?
--
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only.
The good news is that nothing is compulsory.
The bad news is that everything is prohibited.
http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk |
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