Unique Event on February 20

[Angels3]

Just received this from friends.
Watch your watches at 8.02 on February 20 to witness a unique event.
Marie


"Believe it or not, but 8.02 pm on February 20 this year will be an
historic moment in time.
It will not be marked by the chiming of any clocks or the ringing of
bells, but at that precise time, on that specific date, something
will happen which has not occurred for 1,001 years and will
never happen again.

As the clock ticks over from 8.01pm on Wednesday, February 20,
time will, for sixty seconds only, read in perfect symmetry 2002,
2002, 2002, or to be more precise - 20:02, 20/02, 2002.

The last occasion that time read in such a symmetrical pattern
was long before the days of the digital watch and the 24-hour
clock - at 10.01am on January 10, 1001.

And because the clock only goes up to 23.59, it is something that
will never happen again."


I almost deleted your post! My apologies - Spencer

[Former User]

WOW I've never really thought of that! I'm a real dumb what comes to numbers anyways... but interesting post Angels

[lizbud]

I love interesting facts like this. Thanks
for the info. I'll mark it on my calender &
be sure to take note of the moment in some special
way. Maybe light a candle & say an extra prayer
for all the dogs in Rescue to find their forever
homes. Wow, It really is an unique event if you
stop to think about it...

[Randi]

Yes, that's really unique! I bet a lot of people would try and get married at exatly that time, if it wasn't in the evening! Let's all ligth a candle! No, two!!

[Angels3]

"Does anyone other than us Americans read dates MM/DD/CCYY?"

That's a good question, SpencertheLion. I posted it on an international tibetan spaniel list....the NZ'ers, Australians & British on that list all recognized their own time/date format. There's also a couple of French people & a number of Canadians...it'll be interesting to see if they follow that format or the US format. Maybe the Canadians are the same as the US...?

Randi, I like your idea to do something special...like get married, right at that particular minute. It would sure make it memorable.
Marie

[Former User]

In Finland people read it date/month/year much easier that way I think!

[AmberLee]

A mere mumbledy-mumble years ago I was working in a corporation that prided itself on international sales. To reduce confusion in paperwork they insisted on dd (in numbers) mmm (alpha) ccyy (numbers). Due to language issues, I'm not sure it helped all that much, but it's fairly clear and I've kept it up. So Livvy's birthday is 11 Apr 1999; Cassy's is 11 Jul 1999; and today is 19 Feb 2002.

For what it's worth...

[Logan]

It is all in what you are accustomed to! Today is 02/19/2002....but in Australia and other countries, it is 19/01/2002.....all the same when you come down to it!! And I like February 19, 2002, best of all!!!!

[tatsxxx11]

I'm confused! Actually, reading this gave me chills...kind of like the feeling I got hosting my last puzzle; a mind bender!
Doo doo, doo-doo, doo doo, doo-doo!!! (Hummed to the theme from the Twilight Zone!)

[AmberLee]

ROTFLOL! Sandra, you are SO Funny!!! No wonder I adore you!!!

P.S. I'm Puzzle Meister again: want to come solve it? It's cloooossse to being done!

[Angels3]

Just to add to the confusion. The French people on our international Tib list said that they write the date DD/MM/YY. And a Canadian said they do the same...that is day/month/year.
Someone who works in the computer tech. field said that computer systems go MM/DD/YY...I think SpencertheLion said that.
Looks like US people generally do that, too...MM/DD/YY.
But one of the US people on that international list claims that the US military uses DD/MM/YY.
I have no idea if that is right or not.
Marie

[zippy-kat]

Originally posted by Logan
It is all in what you are accustomed to! Today is 02/19/2002....but in Australia and other countries, it is 19/01/2002.....all the same when you come down to it!! And I like February 19, 2002, best of all!!!!

Waaaiiiitttt....>blonde brain kickin' in<

So it's Feb. here but Jan. in Australia?

[Phred]

Originally posted by zippy-kat
Waaaiiiitttt....
>blonde brain kickin' in<
So it's Feb. here but Jan. in Australia?

Purdy sharp of our lil to spot that typo Logan made!!!

"02/19/2002....but in Australia and other countries, it is
19/01/2002.....all the same when you come down to it!!"

Can't sneak nuffin past those Bunnie Moms!

Now Angles3 and Randi had a good idea ~
"Randi, I like your idea to do something special...
like get married, right at that particular minute.
It would sure make it memorable."

Well... *I* dint think *getting married* sounded like too red hot of an idea , so I just
Woke up the FurKids and dragged them out from under the puter desk and gave them an extra special *20:02, 20/02/2002* batch of {{Huggs}} and **Smooches** .

Cinder kinda gave me *the look* and seemed to be saying "You woke us up and dragged us out for THAT???"

Oh well ~ *I* felt good for doing it!

Thanks, all, for the neat post and great idea!

[zippy-kat]

Originally posted by Phred


Purdy sharp of our lil to spot that typo Logan made!!!

Ok, gotcha...I was gettin' skeered fer a minute! lol

*BLUSH* I just did a >blonde< manuever and I'm still recovering from it!

*ahem* to condense a long (embarrasing) story...I just poured a bottle of drano max down my bathtub drain (hadn't been draining right for the past TWO days)...welll...heh heh...lemme let you in on a lil' plumbin' secret...bathtubs/showers drain MUCH faster if plug is pulled (or in this case, the lil' lever is pushed DOWN)

Now you see why I was gettin' skeered....LOL

[Phred]

Originally posted by zippy-kat
*BLUSH* I just did a >blonde< manuever...
welll...heh heh...lemme let you in on a lil' plumbin' secret...
bathtubs/showers drain MUCH faster if plug is pulled...

Sooooo, Zipp ~ Lemmie see if I got this right ~

THAT was your *Special 20:02, 20/02/2002 Moment* ??
Wuz the Bunnie impressed with your new-found plumbing skills!

Memo to self: Better lay off the sarcastic jokes ~
the ZippKat *used* to sorta like me.