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Re: Counting
Posted: 12 Nov 2016, 08:59
by GuyBarry
Parliamentary Written Question 2756, asked by Louise Haigh on 16 June 2015, was "To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP surgeries in Sheffield, Heeley constituency will be affected by the phased withdrawal of the Minimum Practice Income Guarantee."
(The answer was 28, if anyone's interested.)
Re: Counting
Posted: 12 Nov 2016, 22:19
by DrainBrain
HMAFV 2757 is a rescue motor launch built in Southampton in 1957 that can now be found in a museum in Hendon.
Re: Counting
Posted: 13 Nov 2016, 09:25
by GuyBarry
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758, passed on October 25, 1971, recognized the People's Republic of China (PRC) as "the only legitimate representative of China to the United Nations". Previously the Chinese seat at the UN had been occupied by representatives from the Republic of China, otherwise known as Taiwan.
Re: Counting
Posted: 13 Nov 2016, 12:01
by Iain
Re: Counting
Posted: 13 Nov 2016, 18:22
by GuyBarry
The decimal expansion of ((e + π)/9)^3 begins 0.2760... , so multiplied by 10000 it's slightly more than 2760.
You can easily check this with a calculator - but how did I find it out?
Re: Counting
Posted: 13 Nov 2016, 19:53
by Iain
2761 is the product number of this rather nice faucet
https://www.amazon.co.uk/General-faucet ... words=2761
Re: Counting
Posted: 13 Nov 2016, 20:18
by GuyBarry
And as I'm sure you all know, arcsin (3/11) is approximately 0.2762, or 2762/10000. Source:
A Dictionary of Real Numbers by Borwein and Borwein - a project even more bizarre than OEIS!
Re: Counting
Posted: 13 Nov 2016, 20:49
by Iain
Google claims to have 2763 staff working in Ireland, according to this article
http://www.thedrum.com/news/2016/11/05/ ... -last-year
Re: Counting
Posted: 13 Nov 2016, 21:02
by GuyBarry
I'd forgotten what "glamping" was until I read this - a mixture of "glamour" and "camping".
Mr Blue Sky (2764) in Cornwall is described as "a delightful shepherd's hut with views". Its picture window frames a beautiful garden vista, while in the distance you can see a panorama of the Atlantic ocean.
Re: Counting
Posted: 14 Nov 2016, 13:21
by Tube Geek
2765 squared is 7645225 (has a 2,7,6,5 in it)
Re: Counting
Posted: 14 Nov 2016, 13:57
by GuyBarry
Here's a rather arresting video called
Future of the World 2766-3000. The person who created it clearly thinks there are going to be a lot of political changes around that time. Somehow it got over 56,000 views in three months!
Re: Counting
Posted: 14 Nov 2016, 22:50
by RobbieM
You can call the
Rouge Restaurant in Calgary, Canada, on 403.531.2767
Re: Counting
Posted: 14 Nov 2016, 23:51
by GuyBarry
According to bestwordlist.com, there are
2768 words containing H, M and Y.
Re: Counting
Posted: 15 Nov 2016, 07:16
by DrainBrain
2769 x 50 = 138450
2769 and 138450 together contain all the digits.
Re: Counting
Posted: 15 Nov 2016, 07:24
by Tube Geek
This from 2013 (extra funding will bring the total number of student teachers recruited to universities for 2013/14 to 2770.)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21292867