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Subject: [ukma] Independent letter for John


> On Fri, 6 Apr 2001 13:27:12 +0100, "Phil Durden" wrote:
>
> The letter you asked for, John, goes like this:
>
> The Rhyme that Richard Swinscoe remembers is even more clever. In its
> original form it was "5,10 and 21; Winter, Spring and Summer sun".
> These Celsius temperatures are close to 40, 50 and 70 Fahrenheit. So
> it provides not only a feel but also a conversion table. I seem to
> remember it was announced by Raymond Baxter in Tomorrow's World, and I
> think colour television had been invented by then.
>
> Michale Shoesmith


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