Happy Palendrome Day!
09/09/09
Particularly auspicious as it is the one day in the year when the British (?) date format dd:mm:yy is synchronised with the crazy back-to-front US date format mm:dd:yy. A rare day!
I just can't wait for - wait for it - 20:09:2009!!
Maybe we should all get married, a la The Moonies!
Oh wait...I'm already married!
Cheers
Ben
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Happy Universal Palendrome Day:09/09/09
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Happy Universal Palendrome Day:09/09/09
by Ben » Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:39 am
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Re: Happy Universal Palendrome Day:09/09/09
by Cittasanto » Wed Sep 09, 2009 11:52 am
I thought that was a monthly thing?
but get your vows reaffirmed!
but get your vows reaffirmed!
Ben wrote:Happy Palendrome Day!
09/09/09
Particularly auspicious as it is the one day in the year when the British (?) date format dd:mm:yy is synchronised with the crazy back-to-front US date format mm:dd:yy. A rare day!
I just can't wait for - wait for it - 20:09:2009!!
Maybe we should all get married, a la The Moonies!
Oh wait...I'm already married!
Cheers
Ben
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"Others will misconstrue reality due to their personal perspectives, doggedly holding onto and not easily discarding them; We shall not misconstrue reality due to our own personal perspectives, nor doggedly holding onto them, but will discard them easily. This effacement shall be done."
With Metta
Upāsaka Cittasanto
Blog - Some Suttas Translated.
"Others will misconstrue reality due to their personal perspectives, doggedly holding onto and not easily discarding them; We shall not misconstrue reality due to our own personal perspectives, nor doggedly holding onto them, but will discard them easily. This effacement shall be done."
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Re: Happy Universal Palendrome Day:09/09/09
by Cittasanto » Wed Sep 09, 2009 11:56 am
and then I click it is the year also not just the date and the month 
This offering maybe right, or wrong, but it is one, the other, both, or neither!
With Metta
Upāsaka Cittasanto
Blog - Some Suttas Translated.
"Others will misconstrue reality due to their personal perspectives, doggedly holding onto and not easily discarding them; We shall not misconstrue reality due to our own personal perspectives, nor doggedly holding onto them, but will discard them easily. This effacement shall be done."
With Metta
Upāsaka Cittasanto
Blog - Some Suttas Translated.
"Others will misconstrue reality due to their personal perspectives, doggedly holding onto and not easily discarding them; We shall not misconstrue reality due to our own personal perspectives, nor doggedly holding onto them, but will discard them easily. This effacement shall be done."
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Re: Happy Universal Palendrome Day:09/09/09
by Ngawang Drolma. » Wed Sep 09, 2009 3:38 pm
Woohoo! Happy Universal Palendrome Day 
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Re: Happy Universal Palendrome Day:09/09/09
by genkaku » Wed Sep 09, 2009 5:18 pm
Ben -- And here I thought palindromes (spelled with an 'I') were just those nifty little sentences that read the same from front to back, eg. "Madam, I'm Adam" or "Able was I ere I saw Elba" or "Do geese see God?"
Thanks for the update.
Thanks for the update.
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Re: Happy Universal Palendrome Day:09/09/09
by Tex » Wed Sep 09, 2009 5:38 pm
S A T O R
A R E P O
T E N E T
O P E R A
R O T A S
[Isn't the perfect palindrome today at 9:09 09/09/09?]
A R E P O
T E N E T
O P E R A
R O T A S
[Isn't the perfect palindrome today at 9:09 09/09/09?]
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"To reach beyond fear and danger we must sharpen and widen our vision. We have to pierce through the deceptions that lull us into a comfortable complacency, to take a straight look down into the depths of our existence, without turning away uneasily or running after distractions." -- Bhikkhu Bodhi
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Re: Happy Universal Palendrome Day:09/09/09
by David N. Snyder » Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:25 pm
Why isn't the word 'palindrome' a palindrome?
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Re: Happy Universal Palendrome Day:09/09/09
by retrofuturist » Wed Sep 09, 2009 11:25 pm
Greetings Tex,
Yeah, I was a little disappointed once I remembered what day it was an then saw it was 10:11am
Missed out!
Metta,
Retro.
Tex wrote:[Isn't the perfect palindrome today at 9:09 09/09/09?]
Yeah, I was a little disappointed once I remembered what day it was an then saw it was 10:11am
Missed out!
Metta,
Retro.
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Whatever various forms of unease there are in the world, They originate founded in encumbering accumulation. (Pārāyanavagga)
'We should not congratulate someone on the success of their misdeeds, but on the contrary should endeavour to advise him or her to lead a more skilful and wholesome life. If such advice is ignored then we can only give up and let go' - Phra Panyapatipo
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