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Your shoe size. (Original Post) Tuesday Afternoon Oct 2013 OP
Great, now we gotta do math on a Saturday night NightWatcher Oct 2013 #1
have a drink on me Tuesday Afternoon Oct 2013 #2
It's right eom LiberalElite Oct 2013 #3
yep nt Tuesday Afternoon Oct 2013 #8
Holy wow! 632. I am a size 6 and will be 32 on Oct.21st. JaneyVee Oct 2013 #4
yep Tuesday Afternoon Oct 2013 #7
So it actually didn't work for you, cuz you're only 31 struggle4progress Oct 2013 #12
So... pipi_k Oct 2013 #14
And an early HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you as well! JaneyVee Oct 2013 #15
But... how? sakabatou Oct 2013 #5
the magic of math - Tuesday Afternoon Oct 2013 #6
It worked for me too. Graybeard Oct 2013 #9
Worked for me. applegrove Oct 2013 #10
It won't work next year; it won't work if your birthday this year falls after the day you're doing struggle4progress Oct 2013 #11
Yeah, my bday is in November.... Wounded Bear Oct 2013 #16
are you saying it is a Year to November? Tuesday Afternoon Oct 2013 #20
No, but the formula says I'm 61.... Wounded Bear Oct 2013 #22
no shit. Tuesday Afternoon Oct 2013 #25
Not even close... Broken_Hero Oct 2013 #13
odd. Tuesday Afternoon Oct 2013 #24
Nope. It says I am 83. I am 74. I hope to live that long. n/t RebelOne Oct 2013 #17
it said all that? I never could hear it talk. Tuesday Afternoon Oct 2013 #23
Easier just to pull out my wallet and check my driver license. bluesbassman Oct 2013 #18
I really don't expect much from a bass player -- Tuesday Afternoon Oct 2013 #21
Wow -- come out perfect Auggie Oct 2013 #19
Wow! Worked for me! Size 7 and age 62. mnhtnbb Oct 2013 #26

struggle4progress

(118,285 posts)
11. It won't work next year; it won't work if your birthday this year falls after the day you're doing
Sat Oct 12, 2013, 11:48 PM
Oct 2013

this calculation; and it won't work if you're a centenarian

20*(5*shoesize + 50) + 1013 -birthyear =
100*shoesize + 1000 + 1013 - birthyear =
100*shoesize + 2013 - birthyear =
100*shoesize + age

Wounded Bear

(58,660 posts)
22. No, but the formula says I'm 61....
Sun Oct 13, 2013, 06:07 PM
Oct 2013

but until November, I'm only 60. Quirk of the formula. It gives you your age after your birthday.

bluesbassman

(19,373 posts)
18. Easier just to pull out my wallet and check my driver license.
Sun Oct 13, 2013, 03:14 PM
Oct 2013

Besides, how the hell can I be expected to remember my shoe size if I can't even remember how old I am?

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