Dandelion – on the way to downtown Alpharetta
Not saying I am anywhere close to Stacy
My second variety of coffee from Guatemala
One more from Stacy
Why the heck do we write 4 that way?
Given my love for numbers, lately I have started reading a book on where do our senses for numbers come from? Do animals understand numbers? (They do – but not the way we think). Does a child of 2 months understand the difference between 2 and 3? (You will be surprised!!)
Now I am trying to figure out why is it that in most cultures, we write 2 by repeating 1 in some fashion. Same for 3. But when it gets to 4, we go a very different way. And all cultures have uniformly decided to take a fork while representing 4.
The Roman notation is the most unintuitive. After denoting 2 as nothing but two of 1 and 3 as three of 1, to denote 4, first it introduces 5 !!! And then the understanding of subtraction!!
Why did they do that?
Met some of the old compatriots after a year!
Had a good time reminiscing the time spent together 2018-2023. Stories of the St. Kitts trip, Costa Rica trip, Puerto Rico trip, Dead Sea trip and the Myrtle Beach trip was enough to keep us busy thru the evening. There is a great story of how Chris showed up in this picture!!
Tracey, Deval, Katy, Chris, Mark, Venu.
Old haunts!!
From the bartender’s corner – Velvet Gold
This is Goldschläger and Champagne.
Goldschläger is a Swiss cinnamon schnapps with 43.5% alcohol by volume (ABV) and visible flakes of gold. The gold flakes are made from 24 carat gold that has been beaten into wafer-thin sheets by gold-leaf makers. A one-liter bottle contains around 13 milligrams (0.20 grains) of gold.
The gold flakes from Goldschläger and the bubbles from Champagne make quite a display!