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Re: The Rule Of 72

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In article <oi6a35$ee5$1@dont-email.me>,
David Bernier  <david250@videotron.ca> wrote:
>On 06/18/2017 10:07 AM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>> In article <Pine.NEB.4.64.1706180046100.4820@panix5.panix.com>,
>> William Elliot  <marsh@panix.com> wrote:
>>> What's the rule of 72?
>>>
>>> On Fri, 16 Jun 2017, The Starmaker wrote:
>>>
>>>> Einstein did not create The Rule Of 72.
>> 
>> The only Rule of 72 I know of appears from time to time in the
>> "fortune" login message on my UNIX machine.  As follows:
>> 
>>> I'm going through my "I want to go back to New York" phase today.
>>> Happens every six months or so.  So, I thought, perhaps unwisely,
>>> that I'd share it with you.
>> 
>>> In New York in the winter it is million degrees below zero and
>>> the wind travels at a million miles an hour down 5th avenue.
>>> And in LA it's 72.
>> 
>>> In New York in the summer it is a million degrees and the
>>> humidity is a million percent.
>>> And in LA it's 72.
>> 
>>> In New York there are a million interesting people.
>>> And in LA there are 72.
>> 
>> And no, I don't think Einstein wrote it.
>> 
>
>LA: "Less Than Zero" (the novel) is set in Los Angeles ...
>
>ref.: Less Than Zero (Wikipedia),
>
>< https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Less_Than_Zero_(novel) > .

Well, yucch.

-- 
Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com

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The Rule Of 72 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-06-16 10:27 -0700
  Re: The Rule Of 72 Dan Christensen <Dan_Christensen@sympatico.ca> - 2017-06-16 11:05 -0700
  Re: The Rule Of 72 William Elliot <marsh@panix.com> - 2017-06-18 00:46 -0700
    Re: The Rule Of 72 Sегgi о <iinvalid@invalid.com> - 2017-06-18 07:03 -0500
      Re: The Rule Of 72 jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2017-06-18 13:21 +0000
        Re: The Rule Of 72 Jack Fearnley <jack@alcor.concordia.ca> - 2017-06-18 18:42 +0000
          Re: The Rule Of 72 Sегgi о <iinvalid@invalid.com> - 2017-06-18 14:18 -0500
            Re: The Rule Of 72 jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2017-06-19 12:43 +0000
              Re: The Rule Of 72 Sегgi о <iinvalid@invalid.com> - 2017-06-19 08:45 -0500
                Re: The Rule Of 72 jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2017-06-20 12:12 +0000
          Re: The Rule Of 72 jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2017-06-19 12:43 +0000
            Re: The Rule Of 72 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-06-19 10:46 -0700
              Re: The Rule Of 72 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-06-19 20:01 -0700
              Re: The Rule Of 72 jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2017-06-20 12:12 +0000
                Re: The Rule Of 72 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-06-20 07:28 -0700
                Re: The Rule Of 72 jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2017-06-21 12:54 +0000
                Re: The Rule Of 72 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-06-21 12:19 -0700
                Re: The Rule Of 72 jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2017-06-22 12:28 +0000
                Re: The Rule Of 72 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-06-22 08:58 -0700
                Re: The Rule Of 72 jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2017-06-23 11:40 +0000
                Re: The Rule Of 72 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-06-23 10:11 -0700
                Re: The Rule Of 72 jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2017-06-24 11:40 +0000
                Re: The Rule Of 72 The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2017-06-24 09:12 -0700
                Re: The Rule Of 72 jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2017-06-25 13:50 +0000
                Re: The Rule Of 72 Jack Fearnley <jack@alcor.concordia.ca> - 2017-06-20 14:54 +0000
                Re: The Rule Of 72 jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2017-06-21 12:54 +0000
    Re: The Rule Of 72 djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2017-06-18 14:07 +0000
      Re: The Rule Of 72 David Bernier <david250@videotron.ca> - 2017-06-18 12:38 -0400
        Re: The Rule Of 72 djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2017-06-18 19:27 +0000
    Re: The Rule Of 72 "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2017-06-18 16:07 -0700

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