Re: e-mail

2001-05-17 Thread Philip Newton

Greg McCarroll wrote:
> talking of old money did you know that about 92%[1] of used 
> fifty pound notes have traces of cocaine on them?

Probably from the crack-snorting scientists who test them.

> [1] i couldnt remember the exact figure, but it was high, so 
> 92% sounded good.

Did you know that 18% of all statistics are completely made up out of raw
cloth, and 57.384% of all statistics claim unwarranted precision in their
figures?

Cheers,
Philip
(who notes that there's a German saying "don't trust any statistic that you
didn't forge yourself")
-- 
Philip Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
All opinions are my own, not my employer's.
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.



Re: e-mail

2001-05-17 Thread Greg McCarroll

* Robin Szemeti ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> 
> Did you get my post? .. here it is again:
> 
> > Greg ..  I just had a call from a freind of mine who tells me the Bank
> > Of England are having a bit of a clear out tonight, apparently they need
> > the storage space and are giving away lots of old money (£20 notes
> > mainly) just to make room for new stuff .. the down side is you have to
> > take a least 1 wheelbarrow. Its only tonight though so get down there.
> 

talking of old money did you know that about 92%[1] of used fifty pound 
notes have traces of cocaine on them?

Greg

[1] i couldnt remember the exact figure, but it was high, so 92% sounded
good.

-- 
Greg McCarroll  http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net



Re: e-mail

2001-05-17 Thread Robin Szemeti

On Thu, 17 May 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> due to some BT/ADSL fun and games last night i managed to bounce
> almost every message that was directed to me, so if you mailed me
> about something important please resend it.


Did you get my post? .. here it is again:

> Greg ..  I just had a call from a freind of mine who tells me the Bank
> Of England are having a bit of a clear out tonight, apparently they need
> the storage space and are giving away lots of old money (£20 notes
> mainly) just to make room for new stuff .. the down side is you have to
> take a least 1 wheelbarrow. Its only tonight though so get down there.

hope its not too late.

-- 
Robin Szemeti

Redpoint Consulting Limited
Real Solutions For A Virtual World



e-mail

2001-05-16 Thread Greg McCarroll


Hi,

due to some BT/ADSL fun and games last night i managed to bounce
almost every message that was directed to me, so if you mailed me
about something important please resend it.

Cheers,

Greg

-- 
Greg McCarroll  http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net