My Favourite Numbers of All Time

1. 99 = the optimal number of red balloons, and also the digital tv channel featuring some of my favourite programmes 
2. 65536 = number of rows that will kill my version of Microsoft Excel
3. 200 = the ideal speed for driving across the Nullarbor Plain (km/h)
4. 1.41421356 = the square root of 2, and how high I can hurdle in metres 
5. 1/2 = how many pence I paid for a lollipop at my corner store in the 1970s
6. 8 = my mental age
7. 2041 = the year I retire and take up lawn bowls
8. 102 = how many times I went to the cinema in 2008, my all time record