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I thought my eyes were going bad but looking at that picture I now know I have 20-20 vision! #-o (On my way to the corner!) :-D
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mickthemaverick wrote: 19 Dec 2019, 10:42 and a little cheeky one for you to ponder! :twisted:
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Looks like a P38 Lightning :-D

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And half of a P38 would be an H19!
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Hell Razor5543 wrote: 20 Dec 2019, 18:06 And half of a P38 would be an H19!
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Google image search has a lot to answer for! :-D

Indeed it would, but it was only the 19 I was after!!(I did say it was tongue in cheek!) :-D
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When does

P38 ÷ 2=CHK

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When you work in Base 32 ! :)
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Own work
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and following on for todays

TWENTY 20

Heres a word of the day

Vigesimal

Interesting enough if you wiki it.....ever wondered why the French call 80 Quatre-vingts? Or indeed how Maya and Aztec systems used it :?:

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NewcastleFalcon wrote: 20 Dec 2019, 19:05

Vigesimal

Interesting enough if you wiki it.....ever wondered why the French call 80 Quatre-vingts? Or indeed how Maya and Aztec systems used it :?:

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Only if you spread 20 slices of bread with it and use it as a cake base! :-D
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Now this 20 will keep you busy: :-D

http://twenty.frenchguys.net/

Best I've managed with a mouse is 12 and now frustrated as it doesn't fit on the screen and I can't scroll fast enough :evil: :evil:
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A slight diversion into the wonderful world of...... B20.

B20 - The international business version of the G20 (as in - G20 summit meeting).
B20 - A blend of biodiesel : 20% biodiesel, 80% petrodiesel.
B20 - A design of Volvo engine, manufactured in various specs from '69 - '81. Used in various Volvo cars and a Bofors Howitzer !
B20 - Not to be outdone by Volvo - a design of Honda engine, manufactured in various specs from '96 - '02
B20 - A WW2 Soviet gun : the Berezin B-20
B20 - Blackburn B-20 experimental aircraft, first flown in 1940
B20 - Bell Metal or B20 Bronze, used for making bells, cymbals, and other tuneful hitty things
Bravo-Two-Zero - Eight blokes out in the sun.
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mickthemaverick wrote: 20 Dec 2019, 10:25
and the plane spotters:

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Would they, by any chance, be flying a route from London to Dover ? :-D
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bobins wrote: 20 Dec 2019, 21:08
mickthemaverick wrote: 20 Dec 2019, 10:25
and the plane spotters:

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Would they, by any chance, be flying a route from London to Dover ? :-D
Presumably you mean before the motorway was built? :-D
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If I was to opt for M20 as a reference, things are a bit different.
6 roads in different countries are known as the M20
One nuclear missile (French SLBM)
One Chinese ballistic missile
A pistol, a bazooka, a rocket, and a rifle
A BMW engine
Two different computers - one Italian, one Russian
Two different smartphones
....and a nebula.... the Trifid nebula.... somewhere out in space :)

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