Interestingly I noted that a Starbucks Cappuccino costs exactly one coin of each type that gives you no change (barring coppers).
Do other people notice these kinds of things?
It's just me isn't it.
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1. graybo
No, it’s not just you. It’s everyone else who has Asperger’s Syndrome as well.
2. Gordon
Is that what you call it… sheesh, yer not even unique! (although I’m surprised).
And what exactly do you mean? it’s a bit of a leap when you consider the statement in parenthesis… coppers are coins too… no sorry. It’s not just you. It’s just YOU ;-)
3. Fer
£3.85 for a Cappucino?
Perhaps you should go elsewhere. Might find the coffee’s better too.
4. Adrian
£1.85. But point taken, their was ambiguity in my statement.
5. Fer
Ambiguity? You were wrong, admit it.
6. Lyle
And if there hadn’t been the proviso of non-copper coins, it would’ve been £3.88 - or £8.88 (which is a nice number) if you included the £5 coin. Which exists, and is legal tender, just not all that common….
7. Adrian
The coffee is £1.85.
A £2 coin and a £5 give you change. I said no change was given, so £1.85, £3.85 and £8.85 (thanks Lyle) all are correct.
8. Fer
Also 85p, 35p, 15p and 5p.
And since you’re arbitrarily excluding coppers then the full set of numbers (i.e. any amount which can be made up using any set of consecutive UK coins, with only one of each) would be: 1p, 2p, 3p, 5p, 7p, 8p, 10p, 15p, 17p, 18p, 20p, 30p, 35p, 37p, 38p, 50p, 70p, 80p, 85p, 87p, 88p, £1, £1.50, £1.70, £1.80, £1.85, £1.87, £1.88, £2, £3, £3.50, £3.70, £3.80, £3.85, £3.87, £3.88, £5, £7, £8, £8.50, £8.70, £8.80, £8.85, £8.87 and £8.88.
Which means your observation is really not that interesting.
9. bezwick
Fer, you are missing many many numbers. You have missed out 6p, 11p, 12p, 16p, 21p, 22p, etc. The list goes on. But you included 17p, 18p, etc. Interesting.
10. Gert
I’m wondering why you get coffee from Starbucks ;-)
11. Fer
any amount which can be made up using any set of consecutive UK coins, with only one of each.
I agree with Gert. Where I buy my coffee, it takes exactly one coin of each type except for £5, £1, 50p, 20p, 10p, 5p, 2p and 1p. And it actually tastes like coffee.
12. Adrian
Ok, maybe I should have said “one of each coin between the coppers and the largest coin in regular circulation (the £2)”
Pedants.
And actually I quite like Starbucks coffee.
13. bezwick
Why did you specify that the coins should be consecutive? That’s a bit weird.
14. Adrian
It wasn’t so much as consecutive, as inclusive. So all the coins between, but only one of each.
15. Destructor
Fer, this is the bit where you get to say:
“pwn3d”
16. matthew
Well, you know how I feel about Starbucks, and no matter how many combinations of coins there are to make up a particular price, £1.85 is an outrageous price to pay for a freakin’ cappucino.
When I can make far better coffee at home than in a particular establishment that specialises in making coffee then I’ll go to a place that makes better coffee than me.
I think in numbers too, but mostly they are smaller numbers than the ones you think in (err… or something).
17. Adrian
£1.85 is not outrageous at all. I like their coffee, I like the establishment and I like the convenience. I am happy to pay for what I get and I feel the cost is appropriate.
What’s outrageous and what’s not is purely subjective.
18. Tim
monmouth coffee is the only place I’ve found so far in London that can make coffee