On 29/10/18 11:27, JNugent wrote:
On 29/10/2018 01:20, TMS320 wrote:
On 28/10/18 18:27, JNugent wrote:
On 28/10/2018 17:11, TMS320 wrote:
On 27/10/18 23:36, JNugent wrote:

What, ten thousand million pounds a year?

UK GDP is about £2x10^15 of which the government spends 40%. 10^10
is the equivalent of someone earning £80K and not knowing whether a
£1 of it was spent on hummus or petrol.

How interesting.

Do you insist that £10,000,000,000 per annum is spent on motorway
maintenance?

Yes, or no?

Why do insist on asking me a question on something I haven't mentioned?

I asked (originally SJ) about this "£1,000,000,000 a year spent on
motorway maintenance" claim and you then joined in (so far having added
at least three posts on the topic).

Posts to tell you that your telepathy act is a total failure don't count.

For some reason your figure has dropped from £10^10 to £10^9. That's
equivalent to 10p. Do you often fuss over such small amounts?

Either your strangulated equation involving GDP was support for his
exceptionally fanciful claim (I'm putting that charitably) or it was
designed to undermine him. It looks like support. Was it meant to
disprove his claim?

If you think my maths is wrong then point it out, if you wish.
Otherwise, stop making assumptions that it means something that it does not.

If it was meant as counter-evidence, and if you confirm that, I will
happily accept that you were not in agreement with him.

To remind you, my reply reply to JS was "You're probably right that a
lot of money spent on roads is probably hidden under other things."

Do you know what the word "probably" means?