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#157132 03/13/06 11:58 AM

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Hi Carsten - welcome.

I think Carsten's got a point myself, Faldo - after all, the ease of moving the decimal point outweighs all the rote learning I did as a kid learning the old British duodecimal currency system, may it rest forever in a pit of half-congealed school custard.

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We use the decimal system because... CarstenKruse 03/13/06 07:37 AM

Re: We use the decimal system because... Faldage 03/13/06 10:57 AM

Re: We use the decimal system because... maverick 03/13/06 11:58 AM

Re: We use the decimal system because... Jackie 03/13/06 03:19 PM

Re: We use the decimal system because... maverick 03/13/06 04:42 PM

Re: We use the decimal system because... Alan_Fitch 03/13/06 07:06 PM

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Re: We use the decimal system because... of troy 03/20/06 02:02 PM

Re: We use the decimal system because... inselpeter 03/20/06 03:57 PM

Much Ado About Twelfth Noting Alex Williams 03/20/06 05:57 PM

Re: Much Ado About Twelfth Noting inselpeter 03/20/06 09:20 PM

Re: We use the decimal system because... maverick 03/21/06 01:02 AM

Re: We use the decimal system because... of troy 03/21/06 01:49 AM

though this be madness, yet there is method in it Alex Williams 03/21/06 02:56 AM

Re: though this be madness, yet there is method in it Myridon 03/21/06 06:39 PM

Re: though this be madness, yet there is method in it Alex Williams 03/21/06 07:28 PM

Re: though this be madness, yet there is method in it inselpeter 03/22/06 01:20 AM

though this be method, yet there is madness in it maverick 03/22/06 01:54 AM

Re: though this be method, yet there is madness in it inselpeter 03/22/06 02:28 AM

Re: though this be method, yet there is madness in it Bingley 03/22/06 03:06 AM

Re: though this be method, yet there is madness in it Alex Williams 03/22/06 01:25 PM

Re: though this be method, yet there is madness in it of troy 03/22/06 02:36 PM

no more method...it's all madness at this point Alex Williams 03/22/06 03:56 PM

Re: no more method...it's all madness at this point TEd Remington 03/22/06 05:19 PM

Re: no more method...it's all madness at this point Alex Williams 03/22/06 05:28 PM

Re: no more method...it's all madness at this point TEd Remington 03/22/06 07:38 PM

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Re: though this be madness, yet there is method in it Myridon 03/24/06 09:44 PM

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Re: though this be madness, yet there is method in it of troy 03/26/06 01:04 PM

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te ease of moving the decimal point. TEd Remington 03/13/06 05:08 PM

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Re: tease of moving the decimal point. maverick 03/13/06 05:20 PM

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the stick-ing point wofahulicodoc 03/16/06 02:51 AM

What's 17.5% TEd Remington 03/14/06 09:44 PM

Re: waits and old-fashioned measures maverick 03/15/06 12:48 PM

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Re: waits and old-fashioned measures TheFallibleFiend 03/15/06 03:00 PM

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