Go Back  Airline Pilot Central Forums > Pilot Lounge > Hangar Talk
Today Is A Palindrome >

Today Is A Palindrome

Notices
Hangar Talk For non-aviation-related discussion and aviation threads that don't belong elsewhere

Today Is A Palindrome

Old 01-02-2010, 07:51 AM
  #1  
Administrator
Thread Starter
 
vagabond's Avatar
 
Joined APC: May 2006
Position: C-172
Posts: 8,024
Default Today Is A Palindrome

Here's another interesting tidbit. It's also almost, if not completely, as meaningless as the Blue Moon on December 31, 2009.

Local News | 01/02/2010: Backward and forward, this date is lining up as a rarity | Seattle Times Newspaper


And do you pronounce "palindrome" with a short "a" like in "penpal" or a long "a" like in Sarah Palin?

Ok, ok, I've exhausted my store of useless trivia for the year.
vagabond is offline  
Old 01-02-2010, 09:15 AM
  #2  
No one's home
 
III Corps's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,091
Default

Short 'a' as in 'pal'.

Old one.. "Madam I am Adam."
III Corps is offline  
Old 01-02-2010, 09:27 AM
  #3  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined APC: Jun 2007
Posts: 348
Default

Originally Posted by III Corps View Post
Short 'a' as in 'pal'.

Old one.. "Madam I am Adam."
Actually needs to be "Madam I'm Adam," but who's counting?

Also, "Was it Eliot's toilet I saw?"
plasticpi is offline  
Old 01-02-2010, 09:36 AM
  #4  
Gets Weekends Off
 
peteq's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Sep 2009
Position: Side Windin', Bush Wackin', Horn Swagglin' Kraker Kroker
Posts: 152
Default

Radar

It's all I could think of in short notice.
peteq is offline  
Old 01-02-2010, 09:43 AM
  #5  
Organizational Learning 
 
TonyC's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Nov 2005
Position: Directly behind the combiner
Posts: 4,948
Default

Arbitrary, based on the convention of expressing the date.

Sure, using MM/DD/YYYY, today's a palindrome.

But if one uses DD/MM/YYYY, February the 1st is a palindrome: 01/02/2010


Or, if one uses DD/MM/YY, we'll see a palindrome in November: 01/11/10

MM/DD/YY -- happens in 9 days -- 01/11/10

I'm more excited about November 11th of next year -- something cosmic is sure to occur as the clock ticks 11:11:11 on 11/11/11. (If we only knew which time zone is controlling.)


Whoopy-tee-doo. Like Napolean said, "Able was I ere I saw Elba."






.

Last edited by TonyC; 01-02-2010 at 02:34 PM. Reason: a missing e :o}
TonyC is offline  
Old 01-02-2010, 09:46 AM
  #6  
Administrator
Thread Starter
 
vagabond's Avatar
 
Joined APC: May 2006
Position: C-172
Posts: 8,024
Default

Tony, is there a hyphen in "anal-retentive?"
vagabond is offline  
Old 01-02-2010, 02:41 PM
  #7  
Organizational Learning 
 
TonyC's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Nov 2005
Position: Directly behind the combiner
Posts: 4,948
Default

It's a soft hyphen.







.
TonyC is offline  
Old 01-03-2010, 05:33 PM
  #8  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined APC: Jan 2008
Position: 319/320/321...whatever it takes.
Posts: 492
Default

Here's a good one.

"A man, a plan, a canal, Panama."

Referring to Teddy Roosevelt, of course.
Left Handed is offline  
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
SpyGlass
Hangar Talk
30
10-11-2009 10:49 PM
SrfNFly227
Regional
48
06-11-2009 09:02 PM
jungle
Money Talk
2
02-19-2009 07:50 PM
ToiletDuck
Money Talk
20
10-09-2008 11:16 PM

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Thread Tools
Search this Thread
Your Privacy Choices