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RE: How old am I? - Gerson W. Barbosa - 02-12-2018 09:40 PM (02-12-2018 08:47 PM)Paul Dale Wrote: It seems I can't get the wording correct. Oh well. Fifty one yesterday but ever so slightly older today. But none the wiser. It turns out I wasn’t completely wrong. Happy 21st birthday again! (In base 25) That’s my secret to “Forever 21”: a convenient base :-) Gerson. RE: How old am I? - Dieter - 02-12-2018 10:07 PM (02-12-2018 09:40 PM)Gerson W. Barbosa Wrote: It turns out I wasn’t completely wrong. Happy 21st birthday again! (In base 25) And happy 63th birthday, as mentioned earlier in this thread. I base 8, that is. Check it with your HP65 or 41C: these feature an OCT command. ;-) Dieter RE: How old am I? - pier4r - 02-13-2018 04:28 PM 51? I'll sign a document immediately to get your brain power at that age, I do not have it now! Kudos and Happy birthday! RE: How old am I? - salvomic - 02-13-2018 04:35 PM (02-12-2018 09:40 PM)Gerson W. Barbosa Wrote: It turns out I wasn’t completely wrong. Happy 21st birthday again! (In base 25) Interesting. I'm going to note it down Salvo RE: How old am I? - Paul Dale - 02-13-2018 11:32 PM (02-12-2018 09:40 PM)Gerson W. Barbosa Wrote: That’s my secret to “Forever 21”: a convenient base :-) Only if you allow fractional bases. Otherwise only odd numbers can be represented. Pauli RE: How old am I? - Gerson W. Barbosa - 02-14-2018 01:05 AM (02-13-2018 11:32 PM)Paul Dale Wrote:(02-12-2018 09:40 PM)Gerson W. Barbosa Wrote: That’s my secret to “Forever 21”: a convenient base :-) Another reason to take non-integer bases into account :-) b = (a - 1)/2 where a: decimal age b: base Gerson. RE: How old am I? - JimP - 02-17-2018 10:34 AM (02-12-2018 09:00 PM)Don Shepherd Wrote:Only one birthday, no matter when you were born, leap year or otherwise. Every following year is an anniversary.(02-12-2018 08:47 PM)Paul Dale Wrote: It seems I can't get the wording correct. Oh well. Fifty one yesterday but ever so slightly older today. But none the wiser. RE: How old am I? - Don Shepherd - 02-17-2018 01:39 PM (02-17-2018 10:34 AM)JimP Wrote:(02-12-2018 09:00 PM)Don Shepherd Wrote: Happy 51st birthday.Only one birthday, no matter when you were born, leap year or otherwise. Every following year is an anniversary. Yes, I suppose. Do Australians have "anniversary of birthday" parties for their kids? RE: How old am I? - Paul Dale - 02-18-2018 12:06 AM Quote:Do Australians have "anniversary of birthday" parties for their kids? Generally yes. Pauli RE: How old am I? - rprosperi - 02-18-2018 01:34 AM (02-18-2018 12:06 AM)Paul Dale Wrote:Quote:Do Australians have "anniversary of birthday" parties for their kids? Yes, but do they call them that? RE: How old am I? - Dan - 02-18-2018 04:05 AM (02-18-2018 01:34 AM)rprosperi Wrote:(02-18-2018 12:06 AM)Paul Dale Wrote: Generally yes. No way mate, too formal sounding for Aussies. RE: How old am I? - Paul Dale - 02-18-2018 05:44 AM I was born a Yorkshire man and I grew up in the wonderful land of Oz. I can swear just as well as the rest of the bastards (which isn't an insult here) but I choose not to. We call them "birthdays" or "birthday parties". Pauli RE: How old am I? - grsbanks - 02-18-2018 09:56 AM For once, this Lancastrian agrees with a Yorkshireman! (even if his - the Yorkshireman's - rose is the wrong colour...) RE: How old am I? - John Smitherman - 02-18-2018 03:51 PM My wife and I watch a fair amount of BBC TV programming. However, we recently watched "Happy Valley"which supposedly takes place in Yorkshire. After a bit of struggling to understand the dialogue I turned on subtitles. LOL |