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| From | djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) |
| Subject | Re: The Rule Of 72 |
| Message-ID | <orrCpz.5Mw@kithrup.com> (permalink) |
| Date | 2017-06-18 19:27 +0000 |
| References | <59441500.660A@ix.netcom.com> <Pine.NEB.4.64.1706180046100.4820@panix5.panix.com> <orqxvp.1F9D@kithrup.com> <oi6a35$ee5$1@dont-email.me> |
| Organization | Kithrup Enterprises, Ld. |
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In article <oi6a35$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 William Elliot <marsh@panix.com> - 2017-06-18 00:46 -0700
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
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 Valok Planek <lkupuu@kwklewan.oo> - 2017-06-24 11:46 +0000
Re: The Rule Of 72 jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2017-06-25 13:50 +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
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