Milestones

[Barbaria1]

Quite right, base 12 is much more flexible than base 10.
We're stuck with base 10 for no better reason than we happen to have 10 fingers -
but we've 12 finger-joints on each hand, Indian kids use those to count and calculate,
quicker than a computer!
And inches, feet, yards are units that relate to our human bodies, which are easy to understand,
not arbitrary divisions of the circumference of the planet!

Applause!!!!!!

 

[RacingRodent]

not arbitrary divisions of the circumference of the planet!

Well actually since 1959....

 

[l'bogo]

Quite right, base 12 is much more flexible than base 10.
We're stuck with base 10 for no better reason than we happen to have 10 fingers -
but we've 12 finger-joints on each hand, Indian kids use those to count and calculate,
quicker than a computer!
And inches, feet, yards are units that relate to our human bodies, which are easy to understand,
not arbitrary divisions of the circumference of the planet!

Excuse me! But you have ten or twelve fingers in your hands?

 

[l'bogo]

We are using dozens only for 'agnolotti'

 

[Eulalia]

Excuse me! But you have ten or twelve fingers in your hands?

Ho 12 articolazioni per dita su ogni mano. Quindi, penso, hai!

 

[l'bogo]

Ho 12 articolazioni per dita su ogni mano. Quindi, penso, hai!

Auch! I'm counting 14!

 

[Eulalia]

You use your thumb to count the joints
Usa il pollice per contare le articolazioni delle dita

 

[Barbaria1]

You use your thumb to count the joints
Usa il pollice per contare le articolazioni delle dita

That actually works!!!

 

[l'bogo]

You use your thumb to count the joints
Usa il pollice per contare le articolazioni delle dita

I think you are too complicated, our kinds use the nose for count their fingers!

 

[Wragg]

And the whole thing falls down flat if some inconsiderate Roman goes and nails your digital calculators to a bit of wood

 

[Barbaria1]

And the whole thing falls down flat if some inconsiderate Roman goes and nails your digital calculators to a bit of wood

Ahhh, those Romans ...

 

[Eulalia]

And the whole thing falls down flat if some inconsiderate Roman goes and nails your digital calculators to a bit of wood

That's why they chose X for all the digits to be nailed to, XX if they did the feet as well.

 

[Wragg]

Ahhh, those Romans ...

It's why poor Barb can only count to two

 

[Barbaria1]

That's why they chose X for all the digits to be nailed to, XX if they did the feet as well.

Now you’re pulling my leg! That can’t be true?

 

[l'bogo]

And that

don't mean 3

but 'cornuto'
Characteristic Italian insult to men betrayed by their wives

 

[Barbaria1]

And that
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don't mean 3

but 'cornuto'
Characteristic Italian insult to men betrayed by their wives

Oh my! The things one learns on CruxForums! It’s a wonder that we are not classified as an educational site!

 

[l'bogo]

 

[Eulalia]

Yes, Italians may count with their noses, but no-one speaks so well with their fingers!
Sì, gli italiani possono contare con il loro naso, ma nessuno parla così bene con le dita!

 

[Gibbs505]

Canadian snow!

This is how it started! Got three times as much as that!

 

[Naraku]

And, in Tampa, we've have now had the warmest February ever recorded. And the oak trees are pumping out pollen a month ahead of schedule. We will get almost down to normal next week.
http://wfla.com/2018/02/23/tampas-warmest-february-on-record-brings-pollen-cooler-start-to-march/