Mr. White, the quilter, who is 53, came to his new passion last summer after feeling he was wasting time 'waiting on freight. '

现年53岁的怀特是在去年夏天发现自己喜欢拼布的，此前，他感到自己在等待货物时浪费时间。

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The newfound native language may have borrowed from Quechua, a language still spoken by indigenous peoples of Peru, Quilter said.

奎尔特称新发现的原住民语言可能借鉴了克丘亚语，一种秘鲁原住民现在仍然还在使用的语言。

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While the Inca used a ten-based system, many other cultures did not: the Maya, for example, used a base of 20, according to Quilter.

据奎尔特说，尽管印加人使用十进制，许多其他文化并非如此：例如玛雅人就是使用20进制。

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And even Mr Quilter, with his progressive view of life in a call centre, says that late shifts remain unpopular.

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By encouraging staff input and training, Mr Quilter believes he has kept turnover at BCP below the industry average - even if his agents still baulk at the late shift.

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She was told the fabric was circa 1860 and the quilt was put together at the turn of the century so the quilter must have used special fabrics for this heirloom.

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