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Re: Dr Beeching

Subject: Re: Dr Beeching
From: Arwel Parry <arwel@cartref.demon.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 13:58:14 +0000
Newsgroups: uk.railway, aus.rail
References: <7718qd$2bv$1@eplet.mira.net.au><771u23$od4$1@reader1.reader.news.ozemail.net><na.a3bde748c0.a700a0tbc002@argonet.co.uk><36973881.6079802@news.freeserve.co.uk><na.3233c248c1.a60150gbannister.rcts@argonet.co.uk><369a58a8.24284519@news.freeserve.co.uk> <36994134.3598364@news.lboro.ac.uk><369f27d2.17739738@news.freeserve.co.uk> <369ba69d.145492@news.lboro.ac.uk>

In article <369ba69d.145492@news.lboro.ac.uk>, Richard Drew
<R.J.Drew@lboro.ac.uk> writes
>Book value of rolling stock in 1948 was Ł224938587 net, Ł510247925 gross and
>Ł672096724 net, Ł974898267 gross in 1960. Book value of civil works increased
>from Ł709228629 to Ł1012687837.

Can I please ask people quoting figures of this magnitude to put commas
in them! It's bloody difficult to read strings of figures like this and
be confident that the order of magnitude is correct, let alone spot any
typo's.

-- 
Arwel Parry
http://www.cartref.demon.co.uk/

References:
- Dr Beeching
  - From: "Daryl Cheshire" <daryl.cheshire@dse.vic.gov.au>
- Re: Dr Beeching
  - From: "David Proctor" <daproc@spam_this.umpires.com>
- Re: Dr Beeching
  - From: "Barry S. Doe" <tbc002@argonet.co.uk>
- Re: Dr Beeching
  - From: news@nospam.freeserve.co.uk (Tony Polson)
- Re: Dr Beeching
  - From: Geoff Bannister <gbannister.rcts@argonet.co.uk>
- Re: Dr Beeching
  - From: news@nospam.freeserve.co.uk (Tony Polson)
- Re: Dr Beeching
  - From: R.J.Drew@lboro.ac.uk (Richard Drew)
- Re: Dr Beeching
  - From: news@nospam.freeserve.co.uk (Tony Polson)
- Re: Dr Beeching
  - From: R.J.Drew@lboro.ac.uk (Richard Drew)

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