I guess it sometimes happens...

I stopped by the bank a few minutes ago to see if they had any of the new
dollar coins. Still none, and no one could tell me when they'll get some.
So while there, I asked the teller if she had any deuces. She looked,
counted, and reported to me that she had 18 of them. I told her that I'd
take them, and slipped a hundred dollar bill across the counter. She did a
lot of key pressing on the calculator, pushed the deuces to me, and said "I
owe you 82 dollars." So she proceeded to count out that much and pushed it
towards me. I told her that she was giving me too much, for there were $36
dollars worth of twos. Another session of rapid calculating ensued, and she
reported "No, that's right." Before I picked it up, I told her that she was
giving me $118 for the $100 bill. She picked all the bills up again, and
counted them. During that process it apparently appeared to her that the
deuces must be the problem, so she counted the deuces again, handed them to
me, and asked me to count them. I did so, and while holding the 18 deuces,
told her "If you'll give me a $50, a $10, and four ones, we'll be square."
Heck, I'm an old country boy from the backwoods of Arkansas without much
education, but I could easily do such simple math in my head. Maybe the
battery was getting low in that calculator of hers... :-)

Amistad
'you gotta know when to hold 'em...'

"Amistad" wrote in message
...
I stopped by the bank a few minutes ago to see if they had any of the new
dollar coins. Still none, and no one could tell me when they'll get some.
So while there, I asked the teller if she had any deuces. She looked,
counted, and reported to me that she had 18 of them. I told her that I'd
take them, and slipped a hundred dollar bill across the counter. She did a
lot of key pressing on the calculator, pushed the deuces to me, and said "I
owe you 82 dollars." So she proceeded to count out that much and pushed it
towards me. I told her that she was giving me too much, for there were $36
dollars worth of twos. Another session of rapid calculating ensued, and
she reported "No, that's right." Before I picked it up, I told her that
she was giving me $118 for the $100 bill. She picked all the bills up
again, and counted them. During that process it apparently appeared to her
that the deuces must be the problem, so she counted the deuces again,
handed them to me, and asked me to count them. I did so, and while holding
the 18 deuces, told her "If you'll give me a $50, a $10, and four ones,
we'll be square." Heck, I'm an old country boy from the backwoods of
Arkansas without much education, but I could easily do such simple math in
my head. Maybe the battery was getting low in that calculator of hers...
:-)

Amistad
'you gotta know when to hold 'em...'

Diogenes, put away your lantern, your search is over.

James

Amistad wrote:
I stopped by the bank a few minutes ago to see if they had any of the
new dollar coins. Still none, and no one could tell me when they'll
get some. So while there, I asked the teller if she had any deuces.
She looked, counted, and reported to me that she had 18 of them. I
told her that I'd take them, and slipped a hundred dollar bill across
the counter. She did a lot of key pressing on the calculator, pushed
the deuces to me, and said "I owe you 82 dollars." [...]

Nobody uses those things, so they're really only worth $1 each, right?

:-)

--
Jim Seymour

"Amistad" wrote in message
...
I stopped by the bank a few minutes ago to see if they had any of the new
dollar coins. Still none, and no one could tell me when they'll get some.
So while there, I asked the teller if she had any deuces. She looked,
counted, and reported to me that she had 18 of them. I told her that I'd
take them, and slipped a hundred dollar bill across the counter. She did a
lot of key pressing on the calculator, pushed the deuces to me, and said "I
owe you 82 dollars." So she proceeded to count out that much and pushed it
towards me. I told her that she was giving me too much, for there were $36
dollars worth of twos. Another session of rapid calculating ensued, and
she reported "No, that's right." Before I picked it up, I told her that
she was giving me $118 for the $100 bill. She picked all the bills up
again, and counted them. During that process it apparently appeared to her
that the deuces must be the problem, so she counted the deuces again,
handed them to me, and asked me to count them. I did so, and while holding
the 18 deuces, told her "If you'll give me a $50, a $10, and four ones,
we'll be square." Heck, I'm an old country boy from the backwoods of
Arkansas without much education, but I could easily do such simple math in
my head. Maybe the battery was getting low in that calculator of hers...
:-)

Amistad
'you gotta know when to hold 'em...'


I was asked at work by someone aged about 18 what was 20% of £50 and they
seemed amazed when I answered instantly.

No calculators when I was at school. Billy

"e" wrote in message
...
In article , "Mr. Jaggers"
lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote:


"Amistad" wrote in message
.. .
I stopped by the bank a few minutes ago to see if they had any of the new
dollar coins. Still none, and no one could tell me when they'll get
some.
So while there, I asked the teller if she had any deuces. She looked,
counted, and reported to me that she had 18 of them. I told her that I'd
take them, and slipped a hundred dollar bill across the counter. She did
a
lot of key pressing on the calculator, pushed the deuces to me, and said
"I
owe you 82 dollars." So she proceeded to count out that much and pushed
it
towards me. I told her that she was giving me too much, for there were
$36
dollars worth of twos. Another session of rapid calculating ensued, and
she reported "No, that's right." Before I picked it up, I told her that
she was giving me $118 for the $100 bill. She picked all the bills up
again, and counted them. During that process it apparently appeared to
her
that the deuces must be the problem, so she counted the deuces again,
handed them to me, and asked me to count them. I did so, and while
holding
the 18 deuces, told her "If you'll give me a $50, a $10, and four ones,
we'll be square." Heck, I'm an old country boy from the backwoods of
Arkansas without much education, but I could easily do such simple math
in
my head. Maybe the battery was getting low in that calculator of hers...
:-)

Amistad
'you gotta know when to hold 'em...'

Diogenes, put away your lantern, your search is over.

James


wasn't he the guy that looked in the mirror then looked for
his wallet?

Nope, he wandered the streets with his lantern during the day, looking for
an honest man.

James

tut tut tut... Now give me the address of this bank!

"e" wrote in message
m...
In article , "Mr. Jaggers"
lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote:


"e" wrote in message
om...
In article , "Mr. Jaggers"
lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote:


"Amistad" wrote in message
.. .
I stopped by the bank a few minutes ago to see if they had any of the
new
dollar coins. Still none, and no one could tell me when they'll get
some.
So while there, I asked the teller if she had any deuces. She looked,
counted, and reported to me that she had 18 of them. I told her that
I'd
take them, and slipped a hundred dollar bill across the counter. She
did
a
lot of key pressing on the calculator, pushed the deuces to me, and
said
"I
owe you 82 dollars." So she proceeded to count out that much and
pushed
it
towards me. I told her that she was giving me too much, for there were
$36
dollars worth of twos. Another session of rapid calculating ensued,
and
she reported "No, that's right." Before I picked it up, I told her
that
she was giving me $118 for the $100 bill. She picked all the bills up
again, and counted them. During that process it apparently appeared to
her
that the deuces must be the problem, so she counted the deuces again,
handed them to me, and asked me to count them. I did so, and while
holding
the 18 deuces, told her "If you'll give me a $50, a $10, and four ones,
we'll be square." Heck, I'm an old country boy from the backwoods of
Arkansas without much education, but I could easily do such simple math
in
my head. Maybe the battery was getting low in that calculator of
hers...
:-)

Amistad
'you gotta know when to hold 'em...'

Diogenes, put away your lantern, your search is over.

James


wasn't he the guy that looked in the mirror then looked for
his wallet?

Nope, he wandered the streets with his lantern during the day, looking for
an honest man.

James


i walked up to my camel
and asked him for a smoke
he handed me a lucky
i said, man you missed the joke!

Guilty as charged, e (but of what I'm not sure).

James

"note.boy" shared an experience with the group:
I was asked at work by someone aged about 18 what was 20% of £50 and they
seemed amazed when I answered instantly.

Yep, there are plenty of folks out there who are dazzled by the display of
such intellectual acuity. :-)

Amistad

On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:49:09 -0600, "Amistad"
wrote:

"note.boy" shared an experience with the group:
I was asked at work by someone aged about 18 what was 20% of £50 and they
seemed amazed when I answered instantly.

Yep, there are plenty of folks out there who are dazzled by the display of
such intellectual acuity. :-)

Amistad


Billy probably said 1/5 of 50. :-)

Don

Same here. No calculators, but I was a whiz with the slide rule. (now I'm
dating myself...)

Bob


"note.boy" wrote in message
...

"Amistad" wrote in message
...
I stopped by the bank a few minutes ago to see if they had any of the new
dollar coins. Still none, and no one could tell me when they'll get some.
So while there, I asked the teller if she had any deuces. She looked,
counted, and reported to me that she had 18 of them. I told her that I'd
take them, and slipped a hundred dollar bill across the counter. She did a
lot of key pressing on the calculator, pushed the deuces to me, and said
"I owe you 82 dollars." So she proceeded to count out that much and
pushed it towards me. I told her that she was giving me too much, for
there were $36 dollars worth of twos. Another session of rapid
calculating ensued, and she reported "No, that's right." Before I picked
it up, I told her that she was giving me $118 for the $100 bill. She
picked all the bills up again, and counted them. During that process it
apparently appeared to her that the deuces must be the problem, so she
counted the deuces again, handed them to me, and asked me to count them.
I did so, and while holding the 18 deuces, told her "If you'll give me a
$50, a $10, and four ones, we'll be square." Heck, I'm an old country boy
from the backwoods of Arkansas without much education, but I could easily
do such simple math in my head. Maybe the battery was getting low in that
calculator of hers... :-)

Amistad
'you gotta know when to hold 'em...'


I was asked at work by someone aged about 18 what was 20% of £50 and they
seemed amazed when I answered instantly.

No calculators when I was at school. Billy