within a very short time stop and ponder

mkohn

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As the clock ticks over from 8:01 PM on Wednesday, February
20th, 2002, time will (for sixty seconds only) read in perfect symmetry. To be more precise (in European format):

20:02, 20/02, 2002.

It is an event that has only ever happened once before, and
is something that will never be repeated. The last occasion that time read in such a symmetrical pattern was long before the days of the digital watch (or the 24-hour clock): 10:01 AM, on January 10, 1001. And because the clock only goes up to 23.59, it is something that will never happen again.
 

jjsk

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It will happen again, about a hundred years from now on Dec 12th, 2112 at 9:12pm

21:12, 21/12, 2112

:cool:
 

jjsk

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who knows, with the wonders of modern medicine, maybe we will be around to see it....If we are, I'll buy you a beer to mark the occasion :)

Will be cool for any Rush fans that might still be living then (oh, God, I hope somebody gets that reference...)

<sub>(can't take credit for figuring it out though, I just heard it on the radio...)</sub>
 

Hillbilly

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jjsk, you have just shattered a lot of e-mail wisdom.....
Excellent observation....
the original e-mail that I got was a lot like what Mary put up and I did not think to question it...Hummmph! Damned old age!! Since I like the curious, I have talked about this...
Well, now I get to talk some more...

HB
 

GringoCArlos

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and again at:

This will also happen at 10:22 pm, 21 December (for those who aren't European), 2222

= 22:22, 12/21,2222
 

GringoCArlos

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AND again at:

11:22pm, 21 December OR December 21, 2232
(This one will make both Europeans and Gringos happy!)


= 23:22, 21/12,2232 OR 23:22, 12/21, 2232

Ya gotta believe if it's on the internet, it must be true!
 

mobrouser

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mary, i know i'm late by 2 days, but anyway actually it has happened more times than once before. here are 2 that were in the paper on Tuesday:

19:51 1111 1591 or

11:11 1111 1111



if you are really into palindromes(word ones) then you could try this site:

http://realchange.org/pal/

mob,