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    1. *Teaching maths in 1975*
    A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100.
    His cost of production is 4/5 of the price.
    What is his profit?

    *2. Teaching Maths In 1985*
    A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100.
    His cost of production is 80% of the price.
    What is his profit?

    *3. Teaching Maths In 1995*
    A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100.
    His cost of production is £80.
    How much was his profit?

    *4. Teaching Maths In 2000*
    A logger sells a truckload of timber for £100.
    His cost=2 0of production is £80 and his profit is £20.
    Your assignment: Underline the number 20.

    *5. Teaching Maths In 2005*
    A logger cuts down a beautiful forest because he is selfish and
    inconsiderate and cares nothing for the habit of animals or the
    preservation of our woodlands. Your assignment: Discuss how the
    birds and squirrels might feel as the logger cut down their homes
    just for a measly profit of £20.
    *
    6. Teaching Maths In 2008*
    A logger is arrested for trying to cut down a tree in case it may be
    offensive to Muslims or other religious groups not consulted in the
    felling licence. He is also fined a £100 as his chainsaw is in
    breach of Health and Safety legislation as it deemed too dangerous
    and could cut something. He has used the chainsaw for over 20 years
    without incident however he does not have the correct certificate of
    competence and is therefore considered to be a recidivist and
    habitual criminal. His DNA is sampled and his details circulated
    throughout all government agen cies. He protests and is taken to
    court and fined another £100 because he is such an easy target. When
    he is released he returns t o find Gypsies have cut down half his
    wood to build a camp on his land. He tries to throw them off but is
    arrested,=2 0prosecuted for harassing an ethnic minority, imprisoned
    and fined a further £100. While he is in jail the Gypsies cut down
    the rest of his wood and sell it on the black market for £100 cash.
    They also have a leaving BBQ of squirrel and pheasant and depart
    leaving behind several tonnes of rubbish and asbestos sheeting. The
    forester on release is warned that failure to clear the fly tipped
    rubbish immediately at his own cost is an offence. He complains and
    is arrested for environmental pollution, breach of the peace and
    invoiced £12,000 plus VAT for safe disposal costs by a regulated
    government contractor.

    Your assignment: How many times is the logger going to have to be
    arre sted and fined before he real ises that he is never going to
    make £20 profit by hard work, give up, sign onto the dole and live
    off the state for the rest of his life?

    *7. Teaching Maths In 2010*
    A logger doesn�t sell a lorry load of timber because he can�t get a
    loan to buy a new lorry because his bank has spent all his and their
    money on a derivative of securitised debt related to sub- prime
    mortgages in Alabama and lost the lot with only some government
    money left to pay a few million pound bonuses to their senior
    directors and the traders who made the biggest losses.
    The logger struggles to pay the £1,200 road tax on his old lorry
    however, as it was built in the 1970s it no longer meets the
    emissions regulations and he is forced to scrap it.
    Some Bulgarian loggers buy the lorry from the scrap merchant and put
    it back on the road. They undercut everyone on price for haulage and
    send their cash back home, while claiming unemploy ment for
    themselves and their relatives. If questioned they speak no English
    and it is easier to deport them at the governments expense.
    Following their holiday back home they return to the UK with
    different names and fresh girls and start again. The logger
    protests, is accused of being a bigoted racist and as his name is on
    the side of his old lorry he is forced to pay £1,500 registration
    fees as a gang master.

    The Government borrows more money to pay more to the bankers as
    bonus's are not cheap. The parliamentarians feel they are missing
    out and claim the difference on expenses and allowances.
    You do the maths.

    *8. Teaching Maths 2015*
    ? ?????? ???? ????? ????? ?? ????? ?? ??? 100 ?????. ???? ?????
    ?????=D 8? ??

    ?????. ?? ?? ???? ? ???
    Brian (the devil incarnate)

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    But which year was it where they say: "how much does your calculator return when you subtract 80 from 100?"
    pixar
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      Sadly, that's closer to the truth than not and it is getting worse.
      Dr. Mordrid
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      An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

      I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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