What do you say 2 people who do not understand why YOU would want to transition?

[ChrissyRyan]

Overall, many good thoughts...
 

Thank you for sharing out.

[Iztaccihuatl]

Well in computer programming 42 is represented by the character '*' and the '*' represents the wild card or what ever the user would like the '*' to be.  This is why 'Deep Thought' gave the answer of 42.  This leaves the symbolic meaning of 42 as the answer to life, the universe and everything, is anything the user would like it to be.

Only in ASCII encoding. In EBCDIC an asterisk is 92. Now, EBCDIC was an IBM invention and IBM also produced a chess computer named Deep Thought. Not sure what to make of these facts...

[Lori Dee]

Only in ASCII encoding. In EBCDIC an asterisk is 92. Now, EBCDIC was an IBM invention and IBM also produced a chess computer named Deep Thought. Not sure what to make of these facts...

Facts can be stranger than fiction.

In numerology, 42 = 6 (4+2)

6 represents home and family. Is this the secret?

[Sarah B]

Hi Everyone

Iztaccihuatl:

Only in ASCII encoding. In EBCDIC an asterisk is 92. Now, EBCDIC was an IBM invention and IBM also produced a chess computer named Deep Thought. Not sure what to make of these facts...

Very interesting never dealt with coding EBCDIC while at university.  Although I knew about EBCDIC and Deep Thought.

Lori:

Facts can be stranger than fiction.

In numerology, 42 = 6 (4+2)

6 represents home and family. Is this the secret?

42 = 6 (4+2)
42 = 6 (6)
42 ≠ 36

No wonder why I do not believe in Numerology.

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Sarah B
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@Lori Dee
@Iztaccihuatl

[Lori Dee]

42 = 6 (4+2)
42 = 6 (6)
42 ≠ 36

You misunderstood.

42 = (4+2) = 6

In numerology, you reduce multi-digit numbers to a single digit through the process of "casting nines". That means repeatedly subtracting nine until you have a single-digit result. The fastest and easiest way to do that is to add the digits together.
 

[D'Amalie]

Hi Everyone

A. Because I want to.  Better still what is the answer to life the universe and everything?  When you know the answer to this question then you will know why I want to do this.  I was very young when I first had the thoughts of wanting to be a girl.

These numbered items are so, to some dgree or other.  Yet for me,  I never had, "the thoughts of wanting to be a girl."  I was one.  Just that others insisted I couldn't present as one.

[D'Amalie]

Hi Everyone

Unfortunately I would not really know how to answer any of those questions.  Simply for the fact I have never been asked those questions and the reason being, I have never told anyone about myself.  Some family have asked me questions but nothing like the ones listed.  When I was telling them my story, I was obviously answering their questions before they had a chance to.

Fit in?  Authentic Self?  Choice?  Well I certainly did it to fit into the group that I belonged to and that was the binary world of male and female. When I did, I just remained being myself or authentic self, I did not change who I was.  Choice, one would say that one does not have a choice in this matter and technically they would be correct.  Nature or the environment stuffed up and there's nothing one can do about it.  If there was I would still remain a female regardless. 

However, I never knew at the time that I changed my life around that nature or the environment (mum taking pills). That this was the case.  So when I did change, I chose to be a female, I wanted to be a female and I longed to be a female.  So at the time I chose to be who I wanted to be, it was my choice and I have never regretted it.

So I'm being who I want to be.

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Sarah B
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Much more to the point!  Reflections of us.

[Sarah B]

Hi Everyone

For me, it was not until I was 51 (19 years post op) that I realised that I was always female.  I never questioned my gender, even in childhood.  Although I have lived my life as a female ever since I changed my life around 35 years ago.

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@D'Amalie

[Sarah B]

Hi Everyone

Much more to the point!  Reflections of us.

When I was answering those questions, I was being satirical.

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@D'Amalie

[Sarah B]

Hi Everyone

Lori you said:

You misunderstood.

42 = (4+2) = 6

In numerology, you reduce multi-digit numbers to a single digit through the process of "casting nines". That means repeatedly subtracting nine until you have a single-digit result. The fastest and easiest way to do that is to add the digits together.

What I have highlighted in red is wrong, let me show you why

42 = (4x10 + 2)
42 = (40 + 2) 
42 = 42
QED 

The 4 represents 4 lots of 10 in the number 42.  I'm just a mathematican  

Yes, Lori I'm aware of reducing the numbers by adding the digits, my mum was into all of this stuff.  Reading tea leaves, telling fortunes with tarot cards and along the way there was some numerology, which I briefly looked at.  Mum never (her children) read our fortunes.  Curious that.

I do love the number 42 and I make a note of it every time I see it anywhere.

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Sarah B
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PS  QED = Quod Erat Demonstrandum (Latin what had to be proved or what was to be demonstrated)

[Lori Dee]

I never had, "the thoughts of wanting to be a girl."  I was one.  Just that others insisted I couldn't present as one.

This was me too!

[Lori Dee]

Hi Everyone

Lori you said:

What I have highlighted in red is wrong, let me show you why

42 = (4x10 + 2)
42 = (40 + 2) 
42 = 42
QED 

The 4 represents 4 lots of 10 in the number 42.  I'm just a mathematican  

Yes, Lori I'm aware of reducing the numbers by adding the digits, my mum was into all of this stuff.  Reading tea leaves, telling fortunes with tarot cards and along the way there was some numerology, which I briefly looked at.  Mum never (her children) read our fortunes.  Curious that.

I do love the number 42 and I make a note of it every time I see it anywhere.

Love and Hugs
Sarah B
Official Greeter
PS  QED = Quod Erat Demonstrandum (Latin what had to be proved or what was to be demonstrated)

I get that, but you are looking at it from the mathematics point of view. In numerology, the digits do not represent values or counts. They are more like frequencies, vibrations, or potentials. The digits are merely symbols to represent those vibrations and are not specific counts of beats per second so to speak. Numerology uses arithmetic primarily, very rarely using multiplication as multiple addition only. It is not "fortune telling" but a means to gather insight. Those who study Kaballah are familiar with Hebrew characters that represent numerical values as well as words. The intent is not to predict or forecast, but to gain insight into deeper meaning.

But I do like the way you think.

[ChrissyRyan]

You misunderstood.

42 = (4+2) = 6

In numerology, you reduce multi-digit numbers to a single digit through the process of "casting nines". That means repeatedly subtracting nine until you have a single-digit result. The fastest and easiest way to do that is to add the digits together.
 

Now, see how parentheses can eliminate ambiguity?  Especially so with numbers!