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eyevet
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Riddle:
« on: March 02, 2006, 12:26:07 pm »
When is a solid radar note serial number 8888888 not a rotator?   ;)
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Re: Riddle:
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2006, 12:49:44 pm »

When the 8s are preceeded by a numbered prefix.
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Re: Riddle:
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2006, 01:08:23 pm »
hmmm not a bad answer....  but lets ignore prefixes
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Re: Riddle:
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2006, 01:16:55 pm »
Does it have to do with the shape of the '8'?  Like on the Journey Series, the top half of the '8' is smaller than the bottom half of the '8', kind of like little snowmen '8'.  So when you rotate it, you don't get an exact image of what you started with.
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Re: Riddle:
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2006, 01:54:28 pm »
No I'm not that fussy.   Remember I like to count 1's as rotators since unless you hold the note more than 3 feet away I can't see the serifs.  I like to call these presbyopic rotators.  Eh Brent?  
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Re: Riddle:
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2006, 02:09:37 pm »
presbyopic rotators....  ;D LMAO :D ::)
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Re: Riddle:
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2006, 02:13:41 pm »
My next guess would be if the 7-digit solid radar "8888888" was part of a 8-digit serial number, like on a US note (e.g. 28888888 or 88888884)
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Re: Riddle:
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2006, 02:36:30 pm »
nope...  only 7 digits in the serial number.
« Last Edit: March 02, 2006, 02:38:11 pm by eyevet »
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Re: Riddle:
« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2006, 04:53:13 pm »
Mis matched serial numbers?

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eyevet
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Re: Riddle:
« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2006, 05:14:06 pm »
nope.    Any more guesses before I post the answer?
« Last Edit: March 02, 2006, 05:17:14 pm by eyevet »
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Re: Riddle:
« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2006, 06:24:47 pm »
the answer is:
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Re: Riddle:
« Reply #11 on: March 02, 2006, 06:45:59 pm »
Yo the man Mike  ;D
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Re: Riddle:
« Reply #12 on: March 02, 2006, 06:53:31 pm »
The answer: When the person looking at the note has Mixed Astigmatism. Therefore the 8's no longer look like 8's.
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Re: Riddle:
« Reply #13 on: March 02, 2006, 07:45:54 pm »
Nice one. I liked that! ;D
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