On Monday, 14 January 2019 14:49:39 UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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Jim K.. wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" Wrote in message:
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On Sunday, 13 January 2019 10:12:49 UTC, wrote:
On Sunday, 13 January 2019 03:40:26 UTC, tabby wrote:
What percentage of people can't count without using their fingers
anyway?

Quite a lot.

22% of fifteen year olds in this country are functionally innumerate.
https://www.gov.uk/government/speech...in-mathematics

This is one reason why pound shops are popular with poor, and
poorly-educated, people. They find it easier to work out how many
things they can buy with this week's "giro".

Owain

What an indictment of the school system & our national culture.


More a view of why so many think being poor is down to the individual
being feckless.

Plenty use pound shops because the pack sizes are often smaller for some
things. And the odd bargain.


Would that be you by any chance?

Do you form an opinion about a shop having never used it?

I do otherwise I'd never use a shop.