Mental Arithmetic
I used to pride myself on my mental artithmetic abilities. I'd do things in my head quicker than I could by calculator. When I worked on the tills in a Newsagents at 18, I'd have the cost of whatever people were buying worked out in my head before I had it rung up on the till.

I'd be able to divide the cost of a meal with friends out evenly while they were still reading the bill. Work out the fine on my library books before the librarian had even noticed they were late back.

I just used a calculator to work out 70 divided by 10.

I made it 7.1

And I typed that into a spreadsheet without even noticing it was wrong.

Fucking hell.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 4 Jul 2011, 15:46, 8 replies)

Isn't the Restaurant At The End Of The Universe run on an engine based on
specifically the mathematics encountered in restaurants?
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Mon 4 Jul 2011, 15:51, closed)

Well alright mister wise guy,
if you're so clever you tell us what number it should be! ...
( SteamedCleaner, Mon 4 Jul 2011, 17:57, closed)

Nope
That would be the spaceship Bistromath, in (I think) Life, The Universe, and Everything (whichever one has the bit at Lords cricket ground anyway)
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Mon 4 Jul 2011, 23:47, closed)

70 divided bty 10 is 7.1 ?
that really is mental arithmetic. totally mental. ;D
(f_rev, Mon 4 Jul 2011, 15:52, closed)

Well, I am assuming that I pressed the wrong keys and did 71/10
The error isn't really the problem, the problem is that I used a fucking calculator in the first place.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 4 Jul 2011, 15:54, closed)

i feel a fat finger moment coming on here
for the terminaly obese please mash the keypad now

or some thing along those lines from the simpsons
( fluffybunnykiller Is feasting on the clitoris of life, Mon 4 Jul 2011, 18:49, closed)

Agreed
You were already using a spreadsheet, just get that to do the calculation for you :P
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Mon 4 Jul 2011, 23:45, closed)

Well yeah, there is that too.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Tue 5 Jul 2011, 8:38, closed)