I am going to go back to making gym posts, in the hope that this will help encourage me to get to the building exercise room (and eventually join and use a gym) rather than just occasional crunches and balance work in our apartment. Also noting here, grumpily, that they still haven't replaced the missing machine handle I reported in May.

so, numbers, cut to avoid boring everyone )
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( Aug. 6th, 2013 09:41 am)
A total collapse of modern civilization would be a serious blow to the already sluggish economy, and the economic damage could amount to $80 trillion per year (the total value of all human goods and services). All in all, it would have serious implications for the upcoming elections. —Randall Munroe

It makes sense in context.
At least two models of Xerox copier are altering the documents they copy. Specifically, they are changing numbers, such as turning 8s into 6s and vice versa. The problem was discovered when the dimensions of a room were changed on a diagram; the discoverer says he's worried about numbers on invoices.
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