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Re: Counting
Posted: 11 Jul 2019, 21:37
by GuyBarry
United Airlines Flight 2885 was a scheduled cargo flight from Cleveland to Los Angeles, with stopover in Detroit. On January 11, 1983, a DC-8 operating Flight 2885 crashed after take-off from Detroit, killing all three of the crew.
Re: Counting
Posted: 16 Sep 2019, 22:27
by RobbieM
Now if I had hair, I'd be very keen to use the
BaByliss 2886u 'Big Hair Petite' Styler!!!!
But I don't, so that's the end of that...
Re: Counting
Posted: 19 Sep 2019, 20:17
by GuyBarry
In October 2006,
2887 ecstasy tablets were intercepted at the Auckland International Mail Centre in a joint operation between New Zealand Customs officials and the New Zealand Police.
Re: Counting
Posted: 29 Sep 2019, 06:59
by A Challenge
The website at
http://aa2888.net/ looks a bit dodgy to me from visiting that exact address. It is registered to a domains by proxy company in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Re: Counting
Posted: 29 Sep 2019, 08:18
by GuyBarry
[Your formatting needs fixing!]
In the Year 2889 is a 1967 made-for-television, post-apocalyptic science fiction film from American International Pictures about the aftermath of a future nuclear war.
Re: Counting
Posted: 29 Sep 2019, 19:41
by EastActionWoman
[Finally a game where I understand the rules!]
Hunslet 2890 has led an exciting life: first as an austerity locomotive in WWII, then owned by the Coal Board, private owners and railway lines, before modification to become No 10 'Douglas', "one of the friends of a famous blue engine".
Re: Counting
Posted: 29 Sep 2019, 20:49
by GuyBarry
EastActionWoman wrote: ↑29 Sep 2019, 19:41
[Finally a game where I understand the rules!]
Welcome! There have been more posts in the thread today than for the whole of the rest of the month, so keep it up
The
Earth's lower mantle is the region from approximately 660 to
2891 km below the Earth's surface.
Re: Counting
Posted: 07 Sep 2020, 08:34
by A Challenge
Thought I ought to revive this section of the forum, as it's not had many posts recently, and so I will tell you that the
ETA 2892 is an automatic winding 21 jewel-movement for use in watchmaking.
Re: Counting
Posted: 07 Sep 2020, 20:23
by DrainBrain
Writing out the integers from 1 to 1000 inclusive requires 2893 digits in total.
Re: Counting
Posted: 20 Sep 2020, 20:34
by GuyBarry
2894 is a novel written in 1894 by Walter Browne, describing a society of "dominant women and submissive men". Sounds pretty radical for its time!
Re: Counting
Posted: 20 Sep 2020, 22:32
by RJSRdg
GuyBarry wrote: ↑20 Sep 2020, 20:34
2894 is a novel written in 1894 by Walter Browne, describing a society of "dominant women and submissive men". Sounds pretty radical for its time!
Reminds me of the Two Ronnies sketch "The Worm That Turned"
Re: Counting
Posted: 20 Mar 2021, 17:20
by RobbieM
I'm not sure whether 2895 or 2896 should be in this post, so shall I cleverly attempt to cover both bases?
Here's a
letter which does just that. It's a Freedom of Information request. Or is it two?
Whatever, the request references on the letter are FOI-2895 and FOI-2896.
Re: Counting
Posted: 27 Mar 2021, 11:37
by A Challenge
Given that covers both numbers, I shall tell you that the address of the St Charles, MO branch of Walmart, along with the First Community Credit Union, is 2897 Veterans Memorial Parkway
Re: Counting
Posted: 30 Mar 2021, 19:49
by GuyBarry
51841/2898 is an uncannily close approximation to the square root of 320. Put it in a calculator if you don't believe me.