Re: Two Thousand and Eight

Blinky the Shark (no.spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote:

> Bill Turlock wrote:
> 
>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>> 
>>> Jeff Wisnia wrote:
>>> 
>>> > General Specific wrote:
>>> >> At the turn of the century there was much speculation as to
>>> >> how we would reference the years.  My 9-Year-Old son just
>>> >> said two thousand and seven referring to last year.
>>> >>
>>> >> Is that it?  Did we miss the op****tunity to say "aught-five"?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > The only new year's resolution I've (almost completely) kept
>>> > is to stop wasting time inserting an unnecessary "and" when
>>> > I'm writing checks. 
>>> >
>>> > In thge past, when writing a check for say $187.43, I'd write
>>> > "One hundred and eighty seven & 43/100" Now I just write "One
>>> > hundred eighty seven & 43/100".
>>> 
>>> I write "one eighty seven & 43/100".
>> 
>> 
>> Ever vigilant for the possibility of "raising" I start my textual
>> numbers right at the left end of the check, and need as much
>> verbiage as possible to fill up the intervening space.
> 
> They're not going to do much raising of my check when I write
> 
> one eighty seven & 42/100-----------------------
> 

Right. No one would write a check for

two one eighty seven & 42/100-----------------------

That's just ridiculous.

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