This Is So Weird
01-27-2011, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by omak
***gently patting butterflywing***
no, my dear, you do not have to know why, but isn't it wonderful that we have a little LoveBug who does understands and knows why - - and TRIES to help the rest of us "see the light"?
I am beginning to understand it a bit better, but I still appreciate that there are clever minds that grasped the concept right off the bat!
Before I began quilting, I was a knitting/crocheting pro .... when magazines started coming out with patterns, whole magazines of patterns, I began to suspicion that there was something about this craft that went beyond the simple, knit one, purl two, chain three, single crochet in the second chain from the hook, etc ....
There were too many patterns appearing out of thin air ... I had worked at the craft for almost two decades when it dawned on me: These patterns were based on numbers! Then, a magazine called "Magic Crochet" came out with charts, rather than written words and it was as clear as a bell - - there WERE machines that people were using to plug in numbers and create patterns with.
Another decade after that, and we purchased our first computer and started messing around with calculators ...
I still don't understand it all, but I surely applaud those of us who grasp it and can use that comprehension to turn the concepts into fun crafts and products. <wave>
no, my dear, you do not have to know why, but isn't it wonderful that we have a little LoveBug who does understands and knows why - - and TRIES to help the rest of us "see the light"?
I am beginning to understand it a bit better, but I still appreciate that there are clever minds that grasped the concept right off the bat!
Before I began quilting, I was a knitting/crocheting pro .... when magazines started coming out with patterns, whole magazines of patterns, I began to suspicion that there was something about this craft that went beyond the simple, knit one, purl two, chain three, single crochet in the second chain from the hook, etc ....
There were too many patterns appearing out of thin air ... I had worked at the craft for almost two decades when it dawned on me: These patterns were based on numbers! Then, a magazine called "Magic Crochet" came out with charts, rather than written words and it was as clear as a bell - - there WERE machines that people were using to plug in numbers and create patterns with.
Another decade after that, and we purchased our first computer and started messing around with calculators ...
I still don't understand it all, but I surely applaud those of us who grasp it and can use that comprehension to turn the concepts into fun crafts and products. <wave>
who really cares how i =9 or you =9? there is more than 1 way to get there.
EDIT: btw, when edison invented the phone, he never intended that i know how it worked. i was just supposed to use it. which i certainly do. :lol: :lol: :mrgreen:
01-27-2011, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by the lion
i had to use my calculator. how can she be 21 if she's born 1965? LOL.
I believe it works for any age, even for a one-year old.
I believe it works for any age, even for a one-year old.
kathryn is ...well, she isn't 21. that was a little joke. :roll: she went on to say that she has an 8-year old son, which would have been unlikely if anyone really took her seriously. let's just say that 1965 was a very good year for wine and kathryn. (btw, her DH really is 22)
01-27-2011, 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by butterflywing
Originally Posted by the lion
i had to use my calculator. how can she be 21 if she's born 1965? LOL.
I believe it works for any age, even for a one-year old.
I believe it works for any age, even for a one-year old.
kathryn is ...well, she isn't 21. that was a little joke. :roll: she went on to say that she has an 8-year old son, which would have been unlikely if anyone really took her seriously. let's just say that 1965 was a very good year for wine and kathryn. (btw, her DH really is 22)
01-27-2011, 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Willa
Anyone born in the 1900's it will add up to 111.
Anyone born in the 1800's it would add up to 211.
Anyone born in the 1700's it would add up to 311.
If you take the year you were born in you "get" those years so for example 1965 you get 65 years. Its 111 years from 1900. Make sense?
Anyone born in the 1800's it would add up to 211.
Anyone born in the 1700's it would add up to 311.
If you take the year you were born in you "get" those years so for example 1965 you get 65 years. Its 111 years from 1900. Make sense?
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