Speaking of numbers, I remember learning about "number bases" in elementary school, thinking "why would anyone need that?". Lo and behold I becaume a computer programmer. The light bulb went on!
Anyway, being proficient in binary, octal and hexadecimal, I used to enjoy converting numbers in my head and irritating my wife, family, etc. Some of my combo locks had numbers of significance (converted to another base). I've since quit doing that because my head hurts to try.
About 5 years after moving into my first house, a computer geek friend pointed out that the last 4 digits of my phone number were 2048. Since 2k is a common binary number found in the computer world, it depressed me for weeks knowing that I had gone so long without recognizing that simple fact! Still bugs me to this day.
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