tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post1157255187180215946..comments2024-03-27T14:20:05.905-04:00Comments on Montclair SocioBlog: Directory AssistanceJay Livingstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06652075579940313964noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-87252887813817290652017-08-12T21:24:18.267-04:002017-08-12T21:24:18.267-04:00Back in the day, Boston (and most other places) ha...Back in the day, Boston (and most other places) had similar systems, and it was pretty easy to remember numbers CA7-6146 was us: Capital 7 (for Beacon Hill). Andrew ate 8000 was one from an ad. When I was in grad school, they ran out of sensibly namable numbers, and my parents' new number was 367-6385, which I couldn't remember for the life of me, and it always irritated to have to look it up to call home. I showed it to a math major friend, and with absolutely no hesitation, he goes "Huh, you can't possibly forget that number. 36763 is a palindrome and 85 is 17 times 5 and multiples of 17 are rare beasts amongst two digit numbers."<br /><br />I hate mathematicians.<br /><br />David J. Littleboynoreply@blogger.com