Yep, but are you faster than the next guy?

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usually. seven years as a paper boy made me a permanently impressive change figurer.

my specialty is figuring out how to make it work when neither party has the correct amounts to make change and you have to pay extra so as to return an amount that will make it all wash.

i am usually ahead of the cash register.

tom w

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

As a paperboy, I had one of those metal change holders that attached to my belt and kicked out the change as I pushed a lever. Did you have one of those?

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

I can just about do Algebra. Such a drag why learn such a useless subject in school.

Warren Buffett doesn't put much stock in it. Some professions need it but mine certainly does not.

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1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

That's an interesting point. There are tens of thousands of students in the US struggling to pass College Algebra to meet a basic Math requirement. Most of them will never use those concepts again. But the will retain a basic resentment against Math and very likely pass it along to their children.

Is this a waste of valuable human resources?

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Exactly! For my degree I need to take four math courses. Math 095, Math 100, Math 120, and math 139. It took me two tries to pass 095, and another two to pass 100. Now I am going into 120 which is pretty much Algebra two, and 139 is calculus for liberal arts majors, or business majors like me.

But in the mean time I hate math with a pasion, and will complain about it to anyone who will listen. It burns me that I have to expend to so much time, effort, and money banging my head into a wall to learn a subject that is useless to me. I feel my time and money could be much better used taking business courses, and english courses.

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1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Oh just one more point. I can do math, I am a wiz at accounting and can do some neat stuff in my head. I can also calculate inflation and the time value of money equation. Advanced economic principals I can do.

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1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

The problem is that math is often taught by mathemeticians, not teachers.

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no i just used one of those green cloth bags with the zipper on top. i always thought the change thingies looked pretty cool but i think i tried one once and found it too bulky.

my favorite thing was taking all the change to the bank and watching them run it through the change counter.

tom w

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

What the hell is rate of change?When I was 16 and dropped out of school I could measure and grind crank journals,C&C cylinders and calculate projected horsepower ratings,semi-size bottom end bearings and fit valve guides for engine rebuildings,also how to buy cheap and sell dear,so what is this rate of change and why would it affect me?

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It sounds like: The speed at which something is becoming not what it was before.

In an airplane. It tells you when you’re going to be very high.
Or a yard-dart.

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1980 300D - Veggie Burner !

I'm an Engineer.

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Regards

Warren

Currently 1965 220Sb, 2002 FORD Crown Vic Police Interceptor

Had 1965 220SEb, 1967 230S, 280SE 4.5, 300SE (W126), 420SEL

ENTER > = (HP RPN)

Not part of the in-crowd since 1952.

Economists use it all the time as do aerospace engineers when caluculating how objects fall or react to forces of acceleration.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

Thank the Gods,I knew it was something too esoteric and unnecessary for a simpleton like me

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kerry- thanks for the memory... i remember the bus driver having one of those..

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2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL