04-02-2021, 09:33 AM
(04-01-2021, 10:07 PM)dukealien Wrote: I read "XL" phonetically, as "excel." Though whether that's in X-rated activities or character in general ("a man who isn't a liberal at thirty has no heart; a man who isn't a conservative by forty has no brain"), can't say. C?Hey duke-
If I read it strictly as roman numerals then XXX=30 and XL=40 and ten years later than 30 is obviously 40. But I don't think it's that simple. Or maybe it is.
ps. Now well beyond 60, I find this axiom to be true: no brains, no headaches