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[Amps] RE : Metric system

To: "'Keith Dutson'" <kdutson@sbcglobal.net>, <amps@contesting.com>
Subject: [Amps] RE : Metric system
From: "hermans" <on4kj@skynet.be>
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2005 20:38:14 +0100
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40 yy
Just move to our tenth satellite Keith, your age will fall back to about
0.071 years....
Jos  72 yy

-----Message d'origine-----
De?: amps-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com] De
la part de Keith Dutson
Envoyé?: vendredi 5 août 2005 18:37
À?: amps@contesting.com
Objet?: Re: [Amps] Metric system

Being a programmer I prefer base 16 (hexadecimal).  Next January I will
celebrate 40th birthday. <grin>

73, Keith NM5G

-----Original Message-----
From: amps-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com]
On
Behalf Of Steve Thompson
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 11:16 AM
To: amps@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Amps] Metric system



Colin Lamb wrote:
> I am getting to the age when I would like to convert from the present
system of measuring age in years to something with a bit more time
between
anniversaries - something like 500 days per measurement, or so.  Not
sure if
converting will allow retroactive application, but even applied to the
future would be acceptable.  

Without telling anyone, I switched to counting in 12s (Babylonian?) for
'special' birthdays. Everyone thinks it's going to be a big deal when I
hit
50, but I'm looking at 60 as the next big party.
> Perhaps aging can be based upon time between amplifiers, or time taken
to
construct amplifiers.  

That would make me extrememly young, or extremely old, depending on
which
way it works :-)

Steve
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