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Re: The Counting Game

#981 Post by damo666 » Thu Aug 19, 2021 10:27 am

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Wouldn't be simpler to say (2 on the 4th power * 3 on the 3rd power) * 2?

865 AD Kassiani, a Byzantine abbess and hymnographer, dies. She is one of the first Early Medieval composers of many hymns and a saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
I wanted it to look more interesting than 2^5*3^3
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#982 Post by PRINCE WILLIAM » Thu Aug 19, 2021 12:09 pm

866 AD Pope Nicholas I forbids the use of torture, in prosecutions for witchcraft (unfortunately the Holy Inquisition lost the memo!).
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#983 Post by JECE » Thu Aug 19, 2021 5:12 pm

PRINCE WILLIAM wrote:
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866 AD Pope Nicholas I forbids the use of torture, in prosecutions for witchcraft (unfortunately the Holy Inquisition lost the memo!).
Hundereds of years later, the Spanish inquisition effectively banned the execution of accused witches at a time when executing accused witches was common practice elsewhere.
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#984 Post by Maniac » Thu Aug 19, 2021 5:26 pm

867 - the number of people killed or injured in British Public Information Films (equivalent to the US Public service announcements) prior to the department that made them closing in 2011.
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#985 Post by Maniac » Thu Aug 19, 2021 6:01 pm

868 - the number of eggs laid by Gertrude the chicken on a Suffolk farm before she became Sunday dinner. Most chickens lay on average 530 so Gertrude was very special and as a tribute was eaten to the live rendition of the Birdie Song played on the bag pipes. RIP Gertrude
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#986 Post by Maniac » Thu Aug 19, 2021 6:02 pm

869 - the number of socks I own. (I don’t know for sure if this is accurate but I’m willing to bet it’s an odd number).
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Re: The Counting Game

#987 Post by JECE » Fri Aug 20, 2021 4:03 am

JECE wrote:
Wed Aug 18, 2021 6:53 pm
"859–855. THE ASSYRIAN CONQUEST OF NORTHERN ARAM. Shalmeneser III engaged a coalition of northern Aramean kings, Khayan of Ya'diya (Sam'al) and Akhuni of Bit Adini, and the Hittite states of Carchemish and Khattina. . . ."

"860. First appearance of the Russians (Varangians) at Constantinople."

"852–86 Muhammad I. He put down another Christian uprising in Córdoba, and carried on extensive operations against the Christian states of Leon, Galicia, and Navarre (Pampeluna taken 861)."

"862–63. The Great Mosque of Qayrawan in Tunisia built by the Aghlabid dynasty."
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#988 Post by Maniac » Fri Aug 20, 2021 7:09 am

JECE wrote:
Fri Aug 20, 2021 4:03 am
JECE wrote:
Wed Aug 18, 2021 6:53 pm
"859–855. THE ASSYRIAN CONQUEST OF NORTHERN ARAM. Shalmeneser III engaged a coalition of northern Aramean kings, Khayan of Ya'diya (Sam'al) and Akhuni of Bit Adini, and the Hittite states of Carchemish and Khattina. . . ."

"860. First appearance of the Russians (Varangians) at Constantinople."

"852–86 Muhammad I. He put down another Christian uprising in Córdoba, and carried on extensive operations against the Christian states of Leon, Galicia, and Navarre (Pampeluna taken 861)."

"862–63. The Great Mosque of Qayrawan in Tunisia built by the Aghlabid dynasty."
You see this, Maniac? This is a real post.
I’m pretty sure in a thousand years people will still talk about Gertrude the Chicken when the Assyrian conquest of Northern Aram is long forgotten.

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#989 Post by Wusti » Fri Aug 20, 2021 7:25 am

Maniac wrote:
Fri Aug 20, 2021 7:09 am
JECE wrote:
Fri Aug 20, 2021 4:03 am
JECE wrote:
Wed Aug 18, 2021 6:53 pm
"859–855. THE ASSYRIAN CONQUEST OF NORTHERN ARAM. Shalmeneser III engaged a coalition of northern Aramean kings, Khayan of Ya'diya (Sam'al) and Akhuni of Bit Adini, and the Hittite states of Carchemish and Khattina. . . ."

"860. First appearance of the Russians (Varangians) at Constantinople."

"852–86 Muhammad I. He put down another Christian uprising in Córdoba, and carried on extensive operations against the Christian states of Leon, Galicia, and Navarre (Pampeluna taken 861)."

"862–63. The Great Mosque of Qayrawan in Tunisia built by the Aghlabid dynasty."
You see this, Maniac? This is a real post.
I’m pretty sure in a thousand years people will still talk about Gertrude the Chicken when the Assyrian conquest of Northern Aram is long forgotten.
They'll more likely think about it in terms of the League of Legends variant.
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Re: The Counting Game

#990 Post by PRINCE WILLIAM » Fri Aug 20, 2021 8:26 am

870 AD On December 31, instead of a new year's celebration,The Vikings clash with ealdorman Æthelwulf of Berkshire. The invaders are driven back to Reading; many of the Danes (including one of the earls named Sidrac) are killed.
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#991 Post by damo666 » Fri Aug 20, 2021 1:47 pm

PRINCE WILLIAM wrote:
Fri Aug 20, 2021 8:26 am
870 AD On December 31, instead of a new year's celebration,The Vikings clash with ealdorman Æthelwulf of Berkshire. The invaders are driven back to Reading; many of the Danes (including one of the earls named Sidrac) are killed.
December 31st did not mark the end of the year then. March 25th did.
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#992 Post by damo666 » Fri Aug 20, 2021 1:53 pm

871 is the lowest composite 13-gonal number divisble by 13 itself.
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#993 Post by Maniac » Fri Aug 20, 2021 6:53 pm

damo666 wrote:
Fri Aug 20, 2021 1:47 pm
PRINCE WILLIAM wrote:
Fri Aug 20, 2021 8:26 am
870 AD On December 31, instead of a new year's celebration,The Vikings clash with ealdorman Æthelwulf of Berkshire. The invaders are driven back to Reading; many of the Danes (including one of the earls named Sidrac) are killed.
December 31st did not mark the end of the year then. March 25th did.
New Years Day was shifted to 25th March in 1155 until 1752, so it seems Prince William was correct.
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#994 Post by JECE » Sat Aug 21, 2021 1:37 am

Maniac wrote:
Fri Aug 20, 2021 7:09 am
JECE wrote:
Fri Aug 20, 2021 4:03 am
JECE wrote:
Wed Aug 18, 2021 6:53 pm
"859–855. THE ASSYRIAN CONQUEST OF NORTHERN ARAM. Shalmeneser III engaged a coalition of northern Aramean kings, Khayan of Ya'diya (Sam'al) and Akhuni of Bit Adini, and the Hittite states of Carchemish and Khattina. . . ."

"860. First appearance of the Russians (Varangians) at Constantinople."

"852–86 Muhammad I. He put down another Christian uprising in Córdoba, and carried on extensive operations against the Christian states of Leon, Galicia, and Navarre (Pampeluna taken 861)."

"862–63. The Great Mosque of Qayrawan in Tunisia built by the Aghlabid dynasty."
You see this, Maniac? This is a real post.
I’m pretty sure in a thousand years people will still talk about Gertrude the Chicken when the Assyrian conquest of Northern Aram is long forgotten.
You picked 859 . . .

Did you just call your ex-wife Gertrude the Chicken?
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#995 Post by damo666 » Sat Aug 21, 2021 10:49 am

Maniac wrote:
Fri Aug 20, 2021 6:53 pm
damo666 wrote:
Fri Aug 20, 2021 1:47 pm
PRINCE WILLIAM wrote:
Fri Aug 20, 2021 8:26 am
870 AD On December 31, instead of a new year's celebration,The Vikings clash with ealdorman Æthelwulf of Berkshire. The invaders are driven back to Reading; many of the Danes (including one of the earls named Sidrac) are killed.
December 31st did not mark the end of the year then. March 25th did.
New Years Day was shifted to 25th March in 1155 until 1752, so it seems Prince William was correct.
Oh. Ok. But NYD was 26th March.

This is why UK tax year starts 6th April. 26th March plus calendar shift.
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#996 Post by Maniac » Sat Aug 21, 2021 11:14 am

JECE wrote:
Sat Aug 21, 2021 1:37 am
Maniac wrote:
Fri Aug 20, 2021 7:09 am
JECE wrote:
Fri Aug 20, 2021 4:03 am


You see this, Maniac? This is a real post.
I’m pretty sure in a thousand years people will still talk about Gertrude the Chicken when the Assyrian conquest of Northern Aram is long forgotten.
You picked 859 . . .

Did you just call your ex-wife Gertrude the Chicken?
I picked lots of numbers. I have loads of numbers, all the best numbers.

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#997 Post by Maniac » Sat Aug 21, 2021 11:27 am

872 - Pope Adrian II dies exactly 5 years to the day after becoming pope. He was a reluctant pope, being appointed in later years when he really wanted to spend more time painting and gardening. He was a sexually active pope who had a wife and daughter who were both carried off and murdered by the brother of the Church's chief librarian.
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#998 Post by Maniac » Sat Aug 21, 2021 12:42 pm

873 - Pope John III learns that Methodius of Thessalonica had been imprisoned.
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#999 Post by Maniac » Sat Aug 21, 2021 12:49 pm

Maniac wrote:
Sat Aug 21, 2021 12:42 pm
873 - Pope John III learns that Methodius of Thessalonica had been imprisoned.
Actually this is pants. Here is a better one

873 - Hampshire has the second-highest number of playgrounds in the UK, with 873. The highest of course, is London with 2,756.

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#1000 Post by Maniac » Sat Aug 21, 2021 12:53 pm

874 - vikings attack my home town of Tamworth leaving it blackened for forty years. I was actually born in a small village about 5 miles outside Tamworth which probably didn't exist in 874.
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