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10-23-2004, 12:38 PM

Hi John,

Maybe your arithmetic is as suspect as Gord's.

If the church bell rang 29 times for each of the 29 sailors, then 29x29=841 (not 3841).

Then again, I am using a Swedish calculator, so perhaps there's a problem in the exchange rate?

10-23-2004, 12:38 PM	#8
djb Guest Posts: n/a	Hi John, Maybe your arithmetic is as suspect as Gord's. If the church bell rang 29 times for each of the 29 sailors, then 29x29=841 (not 3841). Then again, I am using a Swedish calculator, so perhaps there's a problem in the exchange rate?