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Re: Storing Integers As Character Strings

From: Damien <Damien_The_Unbeliever_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 30 Mar 2005 02:55:32 -0800
Message-ID: <1112180132.811143.114050@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>

gibsong4077_at_yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> Gene Wirchenko wrote:
> > To continue the digression, what would you do about my street
> > address? My "house number" is 1313 1/2. There are a number of
> > addresses with 1/2 in them in the downtown where I live.
>
> It's one of the few joys of living in the UK, that we're all entitled
> to live in a 'whole house' and don't have to halve them.
>

I live in the UK too. We may not half, but we do add letters - e.g. a road can have a 12, 12a, 13 Received on Wed Mar 30 2005 - 04:55:32 CST

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