On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:03:43 GMT, "rick" > wrote:
>"Derek" > wrote in message ...
>> On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 10:22:53 GMT, "rick" > wrote:
>>>"Derek" > wrote in message news
[..]
>>>>>> He was referring to grain;
>>>>>> "It takes more grain to produce meat than to produce
>>>>>> grain. More than half of America's crop production
>>>>>> is fed to livestock."
>>>>>======================
>>>>>Nope.
>>>>
>>>> Yep. Your math is clearly very poor. Believe it or not,
>>>> 72% is "More than half ...", just like he said.
>>>> =======================
>>>Nope.
>>
>> Half of something is 50% of it. More than half of something
>> over 50% of it. 72% of something is more than half of it,
>> meaning "Sprang" was right and you're incredibly poor in
>> basic math.
>====================
>No
Yes, Rick, and if it weren't for the fact that you use a
keyboard while *trying* to discuss these issues, you would
be utterly incomprehensible, as I've no doubt at all that your
handwriting is that of a child's in primary school.