Some people have said there is no such thing as a stupid question... I aim to prove them wrong!
In "Ground Zero" when Jack reaches L.A., he has instructions from Abe where to pick up a weapon. So he goes to the mailbox centre, finds the box numbered 367,(too bad it wasn't 357) and uses the combination R-10 L-22 R-13. My question is ....... do these numbers have any relevance or were they pulled out of thin air?
Knowing that you like to throw obscure things into your books, I had to ask. The closest I've come up with is the 10th book in the Bible, chapter 22, verse 13.
"Out of the brightness of his presence, bolts of lightning blazed forth"
Anyway, intended or not, that's not a bad reference for Jack showing up in LA picking up a pistol.
In "Ground Zero" when Jack reaches L.A., he has instructions from Abe where to pick up a weapon. So he goes to the mailbox centre, finds the box numbered 367,(too bad it wasn't 357) and uses the combination R-10 L-22 R-13. My question is ....... do these numbers have any relevance or were they pulled out of thin air?
Knowing that you like to throw obscure things into your books, I had to ask. The closest I've come up with is the 10th book in the Bible, chapter 22, verse 13.
"Out of the brightness of his presence, bolts of lightning blazed forth"
Anyway, intended or not, that's not a bad reference for Jack showing up in LA picking up a pistol.
KRW Wrote:Knowing that you like to throw obscure things into your books, I had to ask. The closest I've come up with is the 10th book in the Bible, chapter 22, verse 13.Intentional? Coincidence?
"Out of the brightness of his presence, bolts of lightning blazed forth"
Anyway, intended or not, that's not a bad reference for Jack showing up in LA picking up a pistol.
Either way, that's funny!
Ken V.
KRW Wrote:Some people have said there is no such thing as a stupid question... I aim to prove them wrong!That IS pretty cool, but I believe the combo was just random numbers.
In "Ground Zero" when Jack reaches L.A., he has instructions from Abe where to pick up a weapon. So he goes to the mailbox centre, finds the box numbered 367,(too bad it wasn't 357) and uses the combination R-10 L-22 R-13. My question is ....... do these numbers have any relevance or were they pulled out of thin air?
Knowing that you like to throw obscure things into your books, I had to ask. The closest I've come up with is the 10th book in the Bible, chapter 22, verse 13.
"Out of the brightness of his presence, bolts of lightning blazed forth"
Anyway, intended or not, that's not a bad reference for Jack showing up in LA picking up a pistol.
367 was chosen because it's prime.
FPW
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fpw Wrote:That IS pretty cool, but I believe the combo was just random numbers.I was looking for a birth or a death, but when I saw that passage I thought, maybe....
fpw Wrote:367 was chosen because it's prime.I can't believe I didn't catch that. ( Especially since during this time R-man is so about the primes. As an example, 911 is a prime.) 367 is also the largest number whose square has strictly increasing digits. FYI.
Ken Valentine Wrote:Intentional? Coincidence?
Either way, that's funny!
Ken V.
I can't make this stuff up!