Happy Birthday Shcm Our Gallant Swimmer (10Thapril)

[local hero]

Happy Birthday For tomorrow Andy, (might not have time in the morning) Very very best wishes to a great guy, and if anyone wants to send him a present, then i am sure a small donation to his swimathon appeal would be much appreciated. Stew

:toot:

[Big Kev]

Travelling to Scumforp tomorrow to pick up a Rav for a friend, so will not be around, hence earlier wishes for a jolly nice day. Happy Birthday and nice wan on the schwimmin min.

Big Kev

[anchorman]

To the man from Atlantis (Midlands) all the very best.

Many happy returns (whatever returns are).

[NMaria]

Best wishes, shcm, and many happy returns indeed. Looks like the weather has decided to help you get in the right frame of mind for a spot of swimming...

Many happy returns (whatever returns are).

"Return" - recurrence [of the happy event]. The phrase "many happy returns" has been in use since around 1700 to express the hope that the happy day would recur many times and thus implies a wish for a long life.

There we are, I have not much wit but can always be relied upon for the nerdy bit.

[Manxrav]

Happy Birthday Andy, ho fountain of great knowledge.

Regards Clare

[igormus]

HAVE A GOOD ONE !!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

[tatteam]

Happy B'Day Andy,

wish you all the best and may your life be full of joy and happiness, friend.

[dave.m]

Have a good one mate :happybday: :happybday:

[CharlieFarlie]

Happy Birthday clever leccy guru who confuses Me !!! Have a great one !!

[Parts-King]

Happy birthday Andy,, lets hope you get to drink some :beer:

Kingo

[Davrav]

Have a great day Andy

[Lorna2]

[shcm]

Thank you all very much indeed.

Stew - Thanks for the usual starting of the thread. Did you have a good break by the way?

Returns - Well I never new that. QI. There was me thinking happy returns was something to do with getting money back on your empties :).

Well, now I am a number that is both simultaneously a palindromic number and a happy number. It's very very unlikely this will ever happen to me again :).

We usually get the choice of taking either Good Friday or Easter Tuesday off, so naturally I took today. So what have I been up to? Messing with cars most of the day. Just no hope is there?

Cheers

[three5]

Happy Birthday Andy! - "HOPE" you are right, there is none if you spent all day on the motor. Have you enough water to swim in the garden yet? So, 22 eh? ;)

[Davrav]

Well, now I am a number that is both simultaneously a palindromic number and a happy number. It's very very unlikely this will ever happen to me again :).

Crumbs, 101 and still swimming up to 5km a day

[rambler]

Happy birthday Shcm...( i'm off for a swim now )

I do 50 x lengths of a 15 meter pool in an hour....i dont think thats too bad.

[local hero]

Well, now I am a number that is both simultaneously a palindromic number and a happy number. It's very very unlikely this will ever happen to me again :).

Crumbs, 101 and still swimming up to 5km a day

Well to give you a clue of his age (his profile says he was born in 1918)

But last year, and i quote "he reached his first non chem prime number" Why he can't just tell us like everyone else i have no Idea Stew, and yes i googled non chem prime number, I now know his age but don't understand the "happy" number..and if you want to know what a happy number is see below

http://www.transum.org/software/sw/starter_of_the_day/starter_January25.asp and good luck!!

[shcm]

Why he can't just tell us like everyone else i have no Idea

I thought I'd give you all the opportunity to exercise the little grey cells

It's quite easy really. The palindromic bit should be relatively OK. Then it has to be happy as well.

All the happy numbers below 500 are listed here:

http://en.wikipedia....ki/Happy_number

The next time it happens (both palindromic and happy) I would have to be 262 (I think)!

Mathematicians often claim every number is interesting and I was just wondering if that was the case. Maybe I just need more

Mathematicians clearly have too much spare time on their hands. :).

There's often a use for all of these number types, but to be honest, what use are "happy numbers?"

Maybe Davrav has a point with 101. That's the room whether they (and possibly me) should be put!

[local hero]

101 is also ( lol )laughed out loud which means its a happy number Stew