Re: VMs: d's (8s) and ampersands (&) was; Nick's Strokes etc

["Barbara Barrett" <barbarabarrett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > Rene Rote;
> >The hash and asterisk appear on telephone sets,
> >which prompts the other trivia: why on earth are
> >the number keys not in the same order on
> >telephones and on calculators?????

> Bruce Belayed;
> Speaking of trivia, the "hash" (or "pound sign" as it is called in the 
> US but not the UK) is also known as an "octothorp".


Barbara Blithers;
And British Telecom calls * "star" and # "Gate" keys!


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