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In article , Ben Pope
wrote Roger Hunt wrote: In article , Ben Pope wrote (snip) At least you can light a fire when it's cold. When it's hot, it's much harder to find ice... Do you strike flint on it for sparks or something; or use a clear piece, ground into the shape of a lens, as a magnifying glass with sunlight, on some tinder? Well I have a Zippo and a SwissFlame (which I got 2 days ago). Swissflame? Mmmm, will check it out. Failing that, I think you have to rub two boy scouts together or something. I think there might be great danger of that technique being interpreted as an imprisonable offence though, I wonder what the law is concerning the use of Girl Guide leaders to Light my Fire? -- Roger Hunt |
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In article , Chris Phillipo
writes That metric system must be great at helping them calculate their enormous taxes. Tell me about it.... Units of 10 may come in handy in the USA too especially with a president who's intellect is such that he has to count on using his fingers. Clinton's been out of office for years. Clinton only needed to count on one digit. I thought it was a cigar Andrew |
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Roger Hunt wrote:
In article , Ben Pope wrote Well I have a Zippo and a SwissFlame (which I got 2 days ago). Swissflame? Mmmm, will check it out. It's cool, but not particularly cheap. Will set light to anything that can burn :-) For anybody that cares: http://www.victorinox.com/newsite/en...wiss_flame/swi ss_flame.htm Failing that, I think you have to rub two boy scouts together or something. I think there might be great danger of that technique being interpreted as an imprisonable offence though, I wonder what the law is concerning the use of Girl Guide leaders to Light my Fire? Hmm, hadn't thought of it that way, fortunately I haven't needed to start a fire in the vicinity of a pair of boy scouts :-p Ben -- A7N8X FAQ: www.ben.pope.name/a7n8x_faq.html Questions by email will likely be ignored, please use the newsgroups. I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a String... |
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In article , Ben Pope
wrote Roger Hunt wrote: In article , Ben Pope wrote Well I have a Zippo and a SwissFlame (which I got 2 days ago). Swissflame? Mmmm, will check it out. It's cool, but not particularly cheap. Will set light to anything that can burn :-) (snip) http://www.victorinox.com/newsite/en...wiss_flame/swi ss_flame.htm Thanks! -- Roger Hunt |
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Chip wrote:
"Minotaur" wrote in message u... How does a British Millionaire become a Billionaire overnight? Become an American! Eh? Run that by me again. Chip Answer, You don't need as much money to be called a Billionaire in the USA. A Pom would need 10X as much to get the status AFAIK. Mino |
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In article , Minotaur
wrote Chip wrote: "Minotaur" wrote in message u... How does a British Millionaire become a Billionaire overnight? Become an American! Eh? Run that by me again. Answer, You don't need as much money to be called a Billionaire in the USA. A Pom would need 10X as much to get the status AFAIK. At school it was a million million for a Brit billion, a thousand million for a Merkan billion. But a thousand million here is normally accepted as a billion where money is concerned so apart from the Exchange Rate it's effectively the same, unfortunately. -- Roger Hunt |
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"Roger Hunt" wrote in message
... In article , Minotaur wrote Chip wrote: "Minotaur" wrote in message u... How does a British Millionaire become a Billionaire overnight? Become an American! Eh? Run that by me again. Answer, You don't need as much money to be called a Billionaire in the USA. A Pom would need 10X as much to get the status AFAIK. At school it was a million million for a Brit billion, a thousand million for a Merkan billion. But a thousand million here is normally accepted as a billion where money is concerned so apart from the Exchange Rate it's effectively the same, unfortunately. -- And anyway, he said "How does a Millionaire become a Billionaire". Well a million is a million is a million on either side of the pond. Chip |
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In article , Chip
wrote "Roger Hunt" wrote in message ... In article , Minotaur wrote Chip wrote: "Minotaur" wrote in message u... How does a British Millionaire become a Billionaire overnight? Become an American! Eh? Run that by me again. Answer, You don't need as much money to be called a Billionaire in the USA. A Pom would need 10X as much to get the status AFAIK. At school it was a million million for a Brit billion, a thousand million for a Merkan billion. But a thousand million here is normally accepted as a billion where money is concerned so apart from the Exchange Rate it's effectively the same, unfortunately. -- And anyway, he said "How does a Millionaire become a Billionaire". How true - I overlooked that .... was it a trick question? Well a million is a million is a million on either side of the pond. Yup -- Roger Hunt |
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