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Wed 26 May, 2004 10:59 am
To back up his argument, he compared the current situation with that of the early 1990s. At that time, inflation was running at a 15 to 20 per cent clip, while now the April number, which is a seven-year high, was a mere 3.8 per cent.
(1) Clip?
(2) a seven-year high? (Does it mean "keeping high in the seven years in a row"?
I think clip is used in the sense of rate/speed/ratio, describing the speed of inflation
highest in 7 years?
maths is NOT my thing! i hope someone with better knowledge comes along for you
In that context "clip" means the same thing as "rate".
Thank you.
Here I got confused by 42:
A: What is the most mysterious thing in your mind?
B: 1) Life, the universe, and everything.
2) the question to the ultimate answer of 42
What does 42 mean?
lol "42" here is just a way of playing with people.
Some people spend a lot of time "thinking deep thoughts". Usually they have a question that they spend their life seeking the answer to.
In this case they are given an anwser of "42" and have to come up with the question that applies.
errrrrrrrrrr, the answer is 42 is a hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy reference
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/hitchhikers/guide/answer.shtml
( see the www link attached to my posts - everything is h2g2! )
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