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1. Conundrum (waaay off topic) (score: 1): Author: Phil Raby <mgworld@chp.ltd.uk>; Date: Wed, 4 Feb 98 20:18:09 -0000; Thre old ladies go to a restuarant for a meal. The bill comes to = =A330, so they pay =A310 each. The waiter takes their money to the = manager who says. "They're old-age pensioners, give them a =A35; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00210.html (8,067 bytes)
2. Re: Conundrum (waaay off topic) (score: 1): Author: Steve Bettencourt <steveb5815@edgenet.net>; Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 16:24:11 -0500; There is no extra 1#. The three old ladies paid 25# for the meal and 2# to the waiter (27#) and got 3# back which totals 30#. the ladies =A31 each and pockets the extra =A32. =A39 each. at's happened; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00214.html (8,901 bytes)
3. Re: Conundrum (waaay off topic) (score: 1): Author: "Larry MacDonald" <lmacdona@mnsi.net>; Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 18:07:01 -0500; Funny how all things old are new again (with a twist). First heard the one about the refunded $ and where did the difference go, about 25 years or so, ago. At that time it was 3 salesmen renting a ro; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00217.html (9,843 bytes)
4. Re: Conundrum (waaay off topic) (score: 1): Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory); Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 00:41:50 -0500; There is no extra =A31. He was told to give them a =A35 discount, and only gave them a =A33 discount (=A330 - =A327 =3D =A33), leaving only =A32= for his pocket, (This is fun, since I learned how to; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00233.html (8,275 bytes)
5. Re: Conundrum (waaay off topic) (score: 1): Author: barneymg@juno.com (Barney Gaylord); Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 01:16:58 EST; Mr Raby speak with forked tongue. There be not 3 to spare. Three nines are 27, which leaves 2 spare, because the meal cost 25. Barney Gaylord 1958 MGA with an attitude _______________________________; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00235.html (8,921 bytes)
6. Re: Conundrum (waaay off topic) (score: 1): Author: palte@rt.el.utwente.nl (Bert Palte); Date: Thu, 5 Feb 98 08:56:41 +0100; <snip> Hmmm... GBP 30 .... i wonder how many Euros that is.... Euro= the new all-European currency unit, to be introduced next year, as a replacement for all the different national currencies in the; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00237.html (8,269 bytes)
7. Re: Conundrum (waaay off topic) (score: 1): Author: Phil Raby <mgworld@chp.ltd.uk>; Date: Thu, 5 Feb 98 08:52:23 -0000; Don't hold your breath, the Euro may not happen for a while. There's still a lot of controversy over it, the UK has said it won't adopt it in the immediate future. Personally, I think it's a good ide; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00241.html (8,945 bytes)
8. Re: Conundrum (waaay off topic) (score: 1): Author: miker15@juno.com; Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 11:25:05 EST; .......The new "=A3" symbol........? funny but when Phil posted the original i thought - well i guess the pound (sterling) sign doesnt translate - and i didnt look at the puzzle but i did notice that; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00257.html (8,504 bytes)
9. Re: Conundrum (waaay off topic) (score: 1): Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory); Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 12:33:38 -0500; I never knew some computers don't recognize the pound sign (=A3). Just another advantage of the $100 Webtv. -NORY Don't assume that because you have found one problem, you have found the ONLY problem; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00262.html (8,179 bytes)
10. Re: Conundrum (waaay off topic) (score: 1): Author: Phil Raby <mgworld@chp.ltd.uk>; Date: Thu, 5 Feb 98 17:56:01 -0000; Hummph, I thought it was quite interesting to start with, it only started to get dull when you brought computers into it :-) However, I can see how the translation problem has screwed the puzzle up s; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00265.html (8,532 bytes)
11. Re: Conundrum (waaay off topic) (score: 1): Author: palte@rt.el.utwente.nl (Bert Palte); Date: Thu, 5 Feb 98 20:32:50 +0100; Mike responded: <snip> -- <part of Mike's signature follows... . Really? Mike, do I envy you!!!! having mysself virtually no time available at all, too high a workload, i don't even have the time to; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00277.html (8,277 bytes)
12. Re: Conundrum (waaay off topic) (score: 1): Author: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison); Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 16:37:47 EST; Naw, not really. Between the English not trusting the Germans, the Belguins not trusting the Dutch, and the French not even trusting themselves - much less any one not speaking French, the Swiss tota; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00286.html (8,573 bytes)
13. Re: Conundrum (waaay off topic) (score: 1): Author: Teacher122@aol.com; Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 19:07:49 EST; << Three nines are Ł27, which leaves Ł3 spare. The waiter took Ł2, so what's happened to the extra Ł1? Twenty five L.was the actual cost of the meal. The supposed 3L. extra was the returned money to; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00293.html (8,032 bytes)
14. Re: Conundrum (waaay off topic) (score: 1): Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory); Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 01:21:19 -0500; God Gawd, Man! Lighten up! Call in sick tomorrow and go driving in your LBC! You need a dose of MG-icillin! (-; (every silver lining has a cloud) -NORY Don't assume that because you have found one pr; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00314.html (8,111 bytes)
15. Re: Conundrum (waaay off topic) (score: 1): Author: Hert <hert@wxs.nl>; Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 09:29:09 +0100; Usually the computers have no problem with it, but some ISP's systems can't handle the special symbols. Peter 74B; /html/mgs/1998-02/msg00471.html (7,552 bytes)

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