Brian Cooper Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 2 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 10 hours ago, Geoff S said: You really think there aren't men that are just as clueless? I once had a trainee on a yacht when I was 1st mate who didn't understand that pulling on one end of a rope had an effect at the other end - and he had a very good 1st class degree in maths - I was told. OTOH one of the best engineers working for me was a woman. I worked as a technician in a Craft, design and technology department. Some of the girls did brilliant work while some were dim BUT the same could be said for the boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cymaz Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 (edited) My late father gave me two unwritten rules in life . . Edited January 1 by cymaz 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futura57 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 There are three types of people in this world. Those who can count and those who can't 😵 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futura57 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Since joining this forum on July 23rd 2023 my profile views have exceeded 1,000 and my reputation has grown to over 200. Now that's funny 🤣 Assuming I have counted them properly 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Christy Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilC57 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 1 hour ago, Futura57 said: There are three types of people in this world. Those who can count and those who can't 😵 Actually there are 10 types of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nick Cripps Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 There are 2 types of people in the world. Those who like closure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zflyer Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Are we allowed to call them people, isnt it creatures. Forgive i have just Woke n up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBaron Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Those who can do £/s/d, hundred weights/stones, yards/chains and nautical miles can count in many ways mostly without the help of Phobile Mone. Some of us still have slide rules and log-tables in the hangar for when the power goes down (and maps in the car) I just wish that the folks in the post office could count still, they often get it wrong even with a calculator. Happy and prosperous NY to one and all 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Manuel Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 19 minutes ago, RedBaron said: Those who can do £/s/d, hundred weights/stones, yards/chains and nautical miles can count in many ways mostly without the help of Phobile Mone. Some of us still have slide rules and log-tables in the hangar for when the power goes down (and maps in the car) I just wish that the folks in the post office could count still, they often get it wrong even with a calculator. Happy and prosperous NY to one and all 🙂 Especially if they use the Horizon calculator..... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 2 hours ago, EvilC57 said: Actually there are 10 types of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't. I think there are 16 types of people in the world, those who use hexadecimal and those who don't 🙂 The first computers I worked on in the early 60s had data stored as binary coded decimal and had hardware sterling (LSD) multiply and divide by 10 instructions. They were huge and used germanium transistors throughout (GET103s mostly) I still use paper maps, especially the beautiful OS 1:25,000 and 1:50,000 which reveal far more than Google maps which, whilst having their uses, seem like travel with blinkers. I also still use the 4 figure tables (trig and log) I've had for 60 years as well as the slide rules I've had for the same period. Happy New Year - let's hope for better flying weather in 2024 than its predecessor 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Manuel Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 18 minutes ago, Geoff S said: I think there are 16 types of people in the world, those who use hexadecimal and those who don't 🙂 👍 That would be 10 types then.... 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Cripps Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 2 hours ago, Gary Manuel said: 2 hours ago, Geoff S said: I think there are 16 types of people in the world, those who use hexadecimal and those who don't 🙂 👍 That would be 10 types then.... Um, wouldn't that be 22? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Cooper Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 The climate change lobby has just confirmed that today was the hottest day of the year. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin b Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 46 minutes ago, Brian Cooper said: The climate change lobby has just confirmed that today was the hottest day of the year. It was also the wetest and most windy (here in North Yorkshire). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Did you know that..... If you take all the rivets from the Forth Bridge and laid them end to end.....the bridge would collapse. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Paul De Tourtoulon Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 2 hours ago, Brian Cooper said: 7 hours for a radio Saturday in Alés 30100 France, walked out at 21h, 3 hours in Montpellier 34000 Radio, doctor, etc,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zflyer Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 16 minutes ago, Paul De Tourtoulon said: 7 hours for a radio Saturday in Alés 30100 France, walked out at 21h, 3 hours in Montpellier 34000 Radio, doctor, etc,,, ??????? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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