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Re: Five nines

 
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Old 02-05.-2008, 06:47 PM   #1
Colin McKenzie
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Brendan Halpin wrote:
> Somewhat silly, but I'm inordinately pleased to arrive at work today
> with the odometer function of my bike computer reading 9999.9.
> I've done many 10s of thousands of kilometres, but this is the first
> time I've had one of these last long enough to fill up.


Something requiring your full attention will happen within 100m of
your leaving work, and you'll miss the changeover to 10000.0 (or 0000.0?).

Colin McKenzie

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Old 02-05.-2008, 11:47 PM   #2
Henry Lockwood
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On 2 May, 10:47, Colin McKenzie <n...@proof-read.co.uk> wrote:
> Brendan Halpin wrote:
> > Somewhat silly, but I'm inordinately pleased to arrive at work today
> > with the odometer function of my bike computer reading 9999.9.
> > I've done many 10s of thousands of kilometres, but this is the first
> > time I've had one of these last long enough to fill up.

>
> Something requiring your full attention will happen within 100m of
> your leaving work, and you'll miss the changeover to 10000.0 (or 0000.0?).
>
> Colin McKenzie


Alternatively, some reader of this NG with too much time on their
hands on a Friday afternoon will sneak up to your bike and spin the
front wheel a few dozen times ;-)

Henry L
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