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Camp_Coffee t1_ix4gxby wrote

What did you do that 4(for)?

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TwoSeeVee t1_ix4mzjs wrote

I think in the old times people used to do that for extreme numbers so you could be certain it wasn't a typo.

Edit: typo

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Robinsonirish OP t1_ix4oh0h wrote

Yea, maybe it was a dumb call. When i was in the military transmitting coordinates by data, for certain situations we would type out the numbers in text to eliminate misunderstandings. For example, if logging indirect fire missions when you have a lot of time on your hands(during preplanning).

So I guess my thought was just to really pin it home how insane the number 52 is in this case, I hope you understand what I mean :)

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Jumpy-Win5810 t1_ix6kbtm wrote

Redundancy is appreciable when emphasizing something extreme.

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