James. Posted 7 November 2007 Posted 7 November 2007 Manchester Evening News - Cool Cash Card Confusion "I phoned Camelot and they fobbed me off with some story that -6 is higher - not lower - than -8 but I'm not having it. "I think Camelot are giving people the wrong impression - the card doesn't say to look for a colder or warmer temperature, it says to look for a higher or lower number. Six is a lower number than 8. Imagine how many people have been misled." You silly, silly woman. Worrying, infuriating and hilarious.
Dames Posted 7 November 2007 Posted 7 November 2007 People like that piss me off, So thick and ignorant. 15.1million is a stupidly high figure, its worrying.
Alexikokopops Posted 7 November 2007 Posted 7 November 2007 Fair enough you might get confused. The fact she says "I'm not having it" has angered me. What the fook?! It's negative numbers, you can't sit there and say you're just going to ignore a basic mathematical principle that makes you totally and utterly wrong!
He's not bald Posted 7 November 2007 Posted 7 November 2007 So -6 C would be hotter than than -8 C???? It just don't add up to me!
BigGibbo Posted 7 November 2007 Posted 7 November 2007 Manchester Evening News - Cool Cash Card ConfusionYou silly, silly woman. Worrying, infuriating and hilarious. Oh good lord thats painful to read bunch of ****wits these people need shoving under a bus! You didn't get 8 you got minus 8 ****pig
BigGibbo Posted 7 November 2007 Posted 7 November 2007 Technically, -6 is hotter than -8.... What retards that info for?
MPH Posted 7 November 2007 Posted 7 November 2007 had a phone call a few years ago from my bank... had gone over my overdraft..... i joked and told them when i was at school adding a minus and a minus together made a plus so my overdraft should now become good money in my account. she didnt find it funny.
lookwhaticando Posted 7 November 2007 Posted 7 November 2007 I experience -6 and -8 temperatures on a regular basis through the months of December to March... and I've gotta say, you wouldn't know the difference unless you were told.
City Fan Posted 7 November 2007 Posted 7 November 2007 had a phone call a few years ago from my bank... had gone over my overdraft..... i joked and told them when i was at school adding a minus and a minus together made a plus so my overdraft should now become good money in my account. she didnt find it funny. Can't say I blame her really......
MPH Posted 7 November 2007 Posted 7 November 2007 More worryingly for me, in an article talking about the lack of numeracy skills, the following is posted... More than 15m adults in Britain have poor numeracy - the equivalent of a G or below at GCSE maths Almost three times as many UK adults (15.1m) have poor numeracy - the equivalent of a G or below at GCSE maths - than with poor literacy skills, according to the government's Skills for Life survey. poor literacy skills! Repeats itself- same sentance straight after the other. And its supposed to be intelligent people writing these articles...
mancunianfox Posted 7 November 2007 Posted 7 November 2007 Silly bint. My favourate part of that was: 'The 23-year-old, who said she had left school without a maths GCSE, said:'
Webbo Posted 7 November 2007 Posted 7 November 2007 I just told my wife this and she's just told me that someone at Asda has won £54k on this card this week. The girl on the counter told her that she hadn't won for just the same reason. The woman insisted that they got the management to ring Camelot to confirm that she had won.
Leonisco Posted 7 November 2007 Posted 7 November 2007 had a phone call a few years ago from my bank... had gone over my overdraft..... i joked and told them when i was at school adding a minus and a minus together made a plus so my overdraft should now become good money in my account. she didnt find it funny. That's cos its a minus times a minus that makes a plus.
the_bowman Posted 7 November 2007 Posted 7 November 2007 That's cos its a minus times a minus that makes a plus. Yes, but a minus plus a minus also equals a plus e.g. 8 - - 2 = 10 8 + 2 = 10
lcfc_jme Posted 7 November 2007 Posted 7 November 2007 Yes, but a minus plus a minus also equals a pluse.g. 8 - - 2 = 10 8 + 2 = 10 Interesting how you try to correct somebody, but last time I checked, 8 (that's 8 with no negative symbol infront of it) was not a "minus" as you call it, and therefore you've used a positive number anyway? I also think that -8 - -2 is -6? Meaning that's not even a "plus"?
Simi Posted 7 November 2007 Posted 7 November 2007 Yes, but a minus plus a minus also equals a pluse.g. 8 - - 2 = 10 8 + 2 = 10
lcfc_jme Posted 7 November 2007 Posted 7 November 2007 Care to name the thread title and tell me who the Taxi is for?
BigGibbo Posted 7 November 2007 Posted 7 November 2007 Yes, but a minus plus a minus also equals a pluse.g. 8 - - 2 = 10 8 + 2 = 10 ?
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