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OK, OK, I will now admit that Dag calls me his "little abacus". (I mentioned it to him yesterday and he said I could tell you guys...) Why? Because I can and do love doing math in my head. And I'll bring up number-related things completely out of context (to anyone else, that is). 
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Oh do play games in the elevator too?
one of the things i love about my job is i work on a prime (number) floor..(and you might notice, my profile says i am 47.)
once, i met my son at his office.. we got on the elevator with several others.. and i notices.. 23, 29, 31, 37. and smiled and then notice benjamin was smiling too, when we got off, i said "prime numbers?" and he nodded.. we both played the same game..silently in our heads..other in not too tall building you can sometimes get 3 squares, (9, 16, 25) or 3, 9, 18 (number, square, cube)more complicated patterns include a number and all of its factors (remember, you got on the elevator at 1, even if the button isn't pushed..) or other interesting series..2, 3, 5, 8.
i usually don't talk about this stuff, because, well words are almost normal. we all talk and read, and write a bit.. but playing numbers games in your head.. that's way too wierd!
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I'm so glad there are other nuts out there like me, Helen, and another who sent a PM on the subject! When I was in BC last fall, my supervisor was impressed at my ability to remember numbers (we were always giving out the phone number to our hotel, or the address for couriers, and I was the one who always knew it, even after only being in the hotel for a couple of days - because I see patterns in the numbers that help me remember). It was quite useful when we wanted to contact the guy about the public dock, and his three (!) phone numbers were posted outside, and we were with no paper. So I just took a minute or two to memorize them, while my supervisor wandered back to the van looking for paper. I can still remember two of them! Unfortunately I don't ride elevators in tall buildings much. We don't really have any properly tall buildings here! But I love finding patterns in phone numbers, addresses, room numbers, birthdates...
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Dag calls me his "little abacus". As I read this, I thought you were going to say that is was because he could always count on you! I dislike my wife's name pretty much, so I always call her "Darling." My problem comes when I need to introduce her, when I have to struggle to remember what her real name is! If I have to call her from another part of the house, I usually use the term, "You old bat!" which has become a standing joke, not least because it shocks/amuses visitors who don't know us very well. My daughter and son, when very small, were known to us as "Poppy" and "Grolly." These days, they refer to me (but not to my face) as "the old man;" I can't complain, as this was the title bestowed on my dear father by my brothers and I.
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he could always count on you! I'll have to pass that along!  Now, on to parental names..When my brother and I discuss my parents as a group, they are "the parental units". Meant in a loving way, of course.
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the parental unit
Abbreviated PU?
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i usually don't talk about this stuff, because, well words are almost normal. we all talk and read, and write a bit.. but playing numbers games in your head.. that's way too wierd!Not at all, Helen. You should meet Faldage!! (oh, that's right, you already did )
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and yeah, as you know, faldage and i did (and do!) exchange PM every once in a while.. we wierdos do have this ability to recognize each other..
great minds do think alike, you know..
or is it shallow streams all run the same way?
one of them!
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3, 9, 18 (number, square, cube)
18? cube? Of what?
You want to play a number game in your head, try figuring out in your head if there ane more Friday the 13ths or Tuesday the 13ths.
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try figuring out in your head if there ane more Friday the 13ths or Tuesday the 13ths.
Obviously dependent upon the time-period selected.
The mental calucation is simplified somewhat by noting that if Tuesday is the 13th of a 31-day month (and 7/12th of the months qualify), then Friday will be the 13th day of the following month. (E.g. in 2002 August 13 is a Tuesday; September 13 is a Friday.)
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