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JGW
Does it mean anything about me, possibly spending too much time studying Type 14 pistols, that when I was asked recently how old I would be on my next birthday, I responded 98.7 ?
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Edward Tinker
It does, because you are old - we'd have to ADD 25 yrs to 89.7, so you are 113 and 7 months years old :)
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Edward Tinker said:
It does, because you are old - we'd have to ADD 25 yrs to 89.7, so you are 113 and 7 months years old :)
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Well, hopefully my writing skills are better than my math skills! How about 81.7 ? :) On the upside, I now feel about 32 years younger!
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m1903a3
The Japanese do not say their age relative to an Imperial era, they give their numeric age as the number of years followed by sai.
76 years old: 76sai
I'm 76 years old: Watashi wa 76-saidesu

Showa 89 is not possible, Showa ended at 64 in 1989.
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m1903a3 said:
The Japanese do not say their age relative to an Imperial era, they give their numeric age as the number of years followed by sai.
76 years old: 76sai
I'm 76 years old: Watashi wa 76-saidesu

Showa 89 is not possible, Showa ended at 64 in 1989.
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My post was meant to be humorous. And was unintentionally more humorous by my bad math.

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TGE
:LOL::LOL::LOL::LOL:
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