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herm0016

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Funny thing about that number 69... on a freeway here, you take exit 69 to Big Beaver. Literally... Not kidding.

yay D-town. lol

fav number was the number on the side of my dads stock car... 23.
funny fact.. every paint scheme had a pink stripe around the bottom. lol.
 
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venkman

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aww....thanks for that, you just made me a little homesick. I used to take Exit 69 and Big Beaver all the way to Mound. :)
 

Fern

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Since I was a little kid I've always counted things by 3's. Or if they're arranged by 3's. The windows in my house are 3 glass panes across and 4 down. So it's 12. 1+2 = 3. :)

So, I still look at numbers to see if its a 3, or a multiple of 3 (Easy to do, take any number and add it's digits. E.g., 54 is 5+4 = 9. 9 divided by 3 is 3.)

As a CPA, it's easy to spot math errors (transposition errors). E.g., writing down (or inputting) 112 instead of 121. 112 - 121 = 9. 9 is divisible by 3. When the numbers don't reconcile the first thing I do is check to see if the discrepancy is a multiple of 3. If it is, I look for transposition type errors. Usually those are the hardest to spot, but using this 'trick' helps a lot.

Fern
 

Jeff7

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666, conveniently.
13 is a close second.

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Since I was a little kid I've always counted things by 3's. Or if they're arranged by 3's. The windows in my house are 3 glass panes across and 4 down. So it's 12. 1+2 = 3. :)
I think Sesame Street once played a song about counting, and they went in 3's, counting up to 9 or 12. It was something about a "ladybugs' picnic."
 

MJinZ

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13 - I don't know, really.
17 - Seibzehn in German, aka the big ass gear in ... Xenogears.
8 - nice
0 - round
π - yummy (apparently, these forums can't display pi)
 

secretanchitman

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Apr 11, 2001
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13. in elementary school, we were assigned a number based on our last name and every year, i was assigned 13. i just stuck with that number ever since.
 

Jeff7

Lifer
Jan 4, 2001
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13 - I don't know, really.
17 - Seibzehn in German, aka the big ass gear in ... Xenogears.
8 - nice
0 - round
π - yummy (apparently, these forums can't display pi)

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