Unlike some people I know, I don't have a lucky number. Maybe if I did, I'd have won the lottery by now. And I'm not particularly superstitious about numbers either...after all, Wayne and I got married on the 13th, much to his Grandmother Blaine's dismay. But I do think it's fascinating when there are unusual patterns in usual numbers.
Like Square Root Day. I forgot to point that out last March 03. If you multiplied the month times the day, you'd get the year...03-03-09. Unfortunately, Square Root Day doesn't roll around on the calendar again until April 4, 2016.
But if you don't want to wait until then to impress your friends and family. Call their attention to the fact that at just four seconds before 12:35 p.m. it will be 12:34:56 on 7/8/09. If you write the date differently, you can create a similar sequence on August 7...12:34:56 on 7 August 09. You have to make the mental leap to substitute the word August for the eight in the chain.
My friend Linda sent me a similar string for five minutes and six seconds past four today. That would make it 04:05:06 07/08/09. I actually like it better than the one above...it feels more rhythmic with all the zeroes in place. Maybe at that exact moment I'll stand on 01 foot and use my 02 hands to juggle 03 tennis balls just to complete the series. Mark your calendars now; we can enjoy this quirky line-up again at 05:06:07 08/09/10. It just doesn't have the same feel without that last zero though, does it.
So there you go...an abundance of numerical trivia you can use to amaze and delight one and all.
My brother was born on March 4th , 1956....so his b-day is 3/4/56.
Posted by: Donna | July 08, 2009 at 11:33 AM