Concerning Contracts

Jim,

Riddle: the english names for the numbers are in alphabetical order.

The number is not divisible by 1 through 9 as it's not divisible by 7 (I tried that first).

At our mill in later years, no one other than a purchasing rep could contract with a third party, even in the heat of battle. So someone in purchasing was on call 24/7 for just such activities. Contractors knew they needed an official change order or new purchasing order. Otherwise they faced being kicked out of the mill. As such the checks and balances worked well.

Write about your experience in Canada next February.

You and Laura have a great holiday!

Peace,

Gene Canavan
Prattville, Alabama, USA

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Jim,

What's unique about the number 8,549,176,320 is that it is the only number that contains all the digits 0 to 9 in alphabetical order.

eight - five - four - nine - one - seven - six - three - two - zero


Bob Hurter
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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