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Subject:	Re: support & disclaimer on homepage
Newsgroups:	lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun
Followup-To:	lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date:	Wed, 3 May 2000 14:30:34 GMT
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Lorbaat wrote: > > In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes: > > > I don't know if he plans to > > disclose the dollar amount. > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > [Excerpt from April 27, 2000 letter to Brad Justus at LEGO Direct] > > > We are in receipt of your April x letter and your April x bank draft > > in the amount of $x USD, which we deposited today with gratitude. > > Well, since April only has 30 days, we know it can't be more than $30. Further, > since you were writing the letter on the 27th, it probably isn't mor than > $26... It also suggests LSI and/or their bank has an interesting way of numbering checks.... follow-ups to: lugnet.off-topic.fun -- Frank Filz ----------------------------- Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please) Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com

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		Re: support & disclaimer on homepage
(...) Not neccessarily :) The slightly redundant '$' in '$x USD' led me to thinking that maybe it was there intentionally. At least in tcl, 'x' has a different meaning from '$x', ie -=-=- #!/usr/bin/tclsh set x 21 set $x "\$500" puts [set x] ;# (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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		Re: support & disclaimer on homepage
(...) Well, since April only has 30 days, we know it can't be more than $30. Further, since you were writing the letter on the 27th, it probably isn't mor than $26... :D eric (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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