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John Woodgate

Jan 1, 1970
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I read in sci.electronics.design that Nicholas O. Lindan <[email protected]>
wrote (in <[email protected]>) about
'Circuit that produces a tingling sensation in the fingers.', on Tue, 14
Dec 2004:
There is no such thing as no such thing.

Quite right. Now I have a special bargain for you. A hundred $6 bills
for $500.
 
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Keith Williams

Jan 1, 1970
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I read in sci.electronics.design that Nicholas O. Lindan <[email protected]>
wrote (in <[email protected]>) about
'Circuit that produces a tingling sensation in the fingers.', on Tue, 14
Dec 2004:


Quite right. Now I have a special bargain for you. A hundred $6 bills
for $500.

Good deal! Your $500 bill is in the mail.
 
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John Woodgate

Jan 1, 1970
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I read in sci.electronics.design that Keith Williams <[email protected]>
wrote (in <[email protected]>) about
'Circuit that produces a tingling sensation in the fingers.', on Tue, 14
Dec 2004:
Good deal! Your $500 bill is in the mail.

Sorry, I can only accept four $125 bills, or three £133.33 bills.
 
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Jamie

Jan 1, 1970
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John said:
I read in sci.electronics.design that Nicholas O. Lindan <[email protected]>
wrote (in <[email protected]>) about
'Circuit that produces a tingling sensation in the fingers.', on Tue, 14
Dec 2004:




Quite right. Now I have a special bargain for you. A hundred $6 bills
for $500.
Hmm. thats a deal! is 100 all you have in stock! :)
 
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Roger Johansson

Jan 1, 1970
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Paul Burke said:
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.
 
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John Woodgate

Jan 1, 1970
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I read in sci.electronics.design that Roger Johansson <[email protected]>
wrote (in said:
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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Paul Burke

Jan 1, 1970
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Roger said:
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.

Paul Burke
 
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Roger Johansson

Jan 1, 1970
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Paul Burke said:
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.

His lame defence surprised me, I thought he would say something like this:

"Well, I was the chairman of the committee which set up the multiplication
tables, and the other guys on that committee messed it up."

Then he would try to blame his old friends, Euclid, Pythagoras, Archimedes,
and those arabs with names you cannot pronounce, like Al-Khowarismi
(AKA mr. Algoritm) who wrote the book Kitab al-jabr wa al-muqabalah,
(al-jabr was later pronounced as "algebra").
 
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John Woodgate

Jan 1, 1970
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(in said:
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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John Woodgate

Jan 1, 1970
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I read in sci.electronics.design that Roger Johansson <[email protected]>
His lame defence surprised me, I thought he would say something like
this:

"Well, I was the chairman of the committee which set up the
multiplication tables, and the other guys on that committee messed it
up."

I never blame other people, even though it's always their fault. And I
meant it about the penny, but not the £15 copies you can buy on the web.
A real one would produce a tingling sensation in anybody's fingers. (;-)
 
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John Fields

Jan 1, 1970
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I never blame other people, even though it's always their fault. And I
meant it about the penny, but not the £15 copies you can buy on the web.
A real one would produce a tingling sensation in anybody's fingers. (;-)
 
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John Woodgate

Jan 1, 1970
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I read in sci.electronics.design that John Fields <jfields@austininstrum
ents.com> wrote (in <[email protected]>) about
'Circuit that produces a tingling sensation in the fingers.', on Wed, 15
Dec 2004:Not in the same ball-park.(;-) There are five known nickels, but there
is only ONE known 1952 English penny.
 
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Rich The Philosophizer

Jan 1, 1970
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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.

Well, before they decimalized the pound.

Cheers!
Rich
 
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Rich The Philosophizer

Jan 1, 1970
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I read in sci.electronics.design that Roger Johansson <[email protected]>

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.

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

Jan 1, 1970
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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.

It took me a while to get used to their FSF[*] system.
Well, before they decimalized the pound.

Ten ounces to the pound?


[*] - Furlong Stone Fortnight
 
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John Woodgate

Jan 1, 1970
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I read in sci.electronics.design that Rich The Philosophizer
g>) about 'Circuit that produces a tingling sensation in the fingers.',
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.

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'.
 
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John Woodgate

Jan 1, 1970
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I read in sci.electronics.design that Rich The Philosophizer
g>) about 'Circuit that produces a tingling sensation in the fingers.',
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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Rich Grise

Jan 1, 1970
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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.

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
[*] - Furlong Stone Fortnight
 
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