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Mark Boyd <[log in to unmask]>
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Mark Boyd <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 20 Feb 2002 17:27:21 -0800
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...Toyota?

Madam im Adam

-----Original Message-----
From: Adept [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 5:02 PM
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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: An Interesting Minute in Time

Numeric Palindromes are relatively easy.

Try to top these:

radar
level
Toyota
elf farm raffle
evil olive
a nut for a jar of tuna

Roger J. Dyckman
20+ years with ol' faithful


"Wirt Atmar" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
news:a4tukn02l4i@enews4.newsguy.com...
> Frank writes frankly:
>
> > As the clock ticks over from 8:01PM on Wednesday, February 20th, 2002,
time
> >  will (for sixty seconds only) read in perfect symmetry. To be more
precise:
> >
> >            20:02, 20/02, 2002
> >
> >  It is an event which has only ever happened once before, and is
something
> >  which 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):
> >
> >            10:01AM, on January 10, 1001
> >
> >  And because the clock only goes up to 23:59, it is something that will
> >  never happen again.
>
> As pointed out earlier, all of that would be true if it weren't for the
date:
>
>     21:12, 21/12, 2112
>
> Wirt Atmar
>
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