02 02 2020
Now read it backwards.
Acc. to the same paper this will not happen again until 12 12 2121.
Another odd thing about today’s date is that it is the 33rd day of a leap year, with 333 days of 2020 left.
Thank you, all you lovely people, for having forgiven me my long silence and returned here with your friendly, kind and understanding comments to my return post of a few days ago. I have every intention of following through.
Weird...
ReplyDeleteI had not noticed today's date is a palindrome. Welcome back.
ReplyDeleteNow I feel like I should be doing something special on this special date.
ReplyDeleteYears ago I worked at a large florist and greenhouse and one day my boss woke up and noticed the date was exactly the same as our phone number at work. He called the local radio station and offered a free plant delivered for anyone who'd call us and repeat our phone number to who ever answered. Of course, none of were prepared for the flood of people responded and we had to call in extra people. It was quite the exciting day!
Thanks for pointing it out. Otherwise I would have missed it.
ReplyDeleteHi Friko - I'd picked it up earlier ... but not the next one - the daisies will be around by then; while the 33rd day of the leap year with 333 days left ... just odd stats - but love knowing about them ... cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteI read about it earlier but forgot, until you reminded me. What a neat palindrome! :-)
ReplyDeleteIt slipped by here. The song In the Year 2525 has been a recurring earworm of late...
ReplyDeleteIf it hadn't been mentioned by various bloggers it would have passed me by also.
ReplyDeleteI'm not observant like that - perhaps I should be, what with living with someone who is forever pointing out odd figure/number configurations on his dashboard when we out in the car.
In the country from which you are divided by a common language with a different date format, this is one rare event that works for both countries.
ReplyDeleteWell, that's pretty cool! Wish I'd be alive for the next one, but you can't have it all! The 333 day thing is cool too!
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear that you have been ill, very glad to be reading you again
ReplyDelete:) Much love and many "knuddles". c.
ReplyDeleteSaw this on Facebook. I think it did say it was not happening again for a long time, but did not give the next date. I guess you and I will not be around to blog about it then!
ReplyDeleteI was glad to see you 'back in the saddle' as it were; I stop by regularly hoping you will post.
ReplyDeleteThis palindrome has been made much of here. I had not heard about the other statistics. It's a weird and wonderful world we live in. So glad you're back.
ReplyDeleteWe were talking about it yesterday morning as we had our first coffee and biscuit while still in bed (a luxury we love to indulge in on weekends). During the day, I sort of forgot about it, but then I remembered as I was watching the late evening news on TV.
ReplyDeleteYou are right, palindromic dates do not occur very often. That reminds me of something I read not long ago:
In December, my weekly paper (Die ZEIT) had a special topic for its supplementary magazine. It said that "double years" such as 2020 have so far occured only once in "our time", that was the year 1010. The entire magazine was filled with comparisons between life in 1010 and 2020, all aspects: economy, society, politics, religion, food, architecture... It was a very good read, and made me glad that I live in 2020!
As an interesting side note, a photographer friend mentioned that photos featuring reflections could be thought of as visual palindromes. The more I thought about it, the more sense it made, especially if the reflection is on very quite water, so that it's mirror-like.
ReplyDeleteThe big news around here is that I put up bird feeders at my new place, and after about two weeks, I have some takers. So far, I've seen one pair each of doves, chickadees, house finches, and cardinals, along with a single mockingbird and a couple of bluejays that do nothing but squawk and fight. They might be a couple, too, now that I think about it!
Thanks for pointing that out! So cool!
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you back, Friko!!! :)
Liebes,
ReplyDeletedanke für deinen zauberhaften Besuch und wie zauberhaft, dass du auch ein paar Worte hinterlassen hast. Nun, ich denke, auch bei dir fängt schön langsam aber sicher die Zeit des Säens an. Dein Post hat mich wieder einmal daran erinnert, dass ich manches nicht so unbeachtet vorbeistreichen lassen sollte - Danke und ja, das ist wirklich ein besonderes Jahr, hoffen wir, dass es auch als ein besonders gutes Jahr in die Geschichtsbücher eingehen wird.
Alles Liebe und liebste Grüße aus Kärnten
Elisabeth
I knew about the first palindrome but not the second. It is always interesting reading your posts and I hope you continue your writing.
ReplyDeleteThis is interesting, Frico. I did not notice this date, February 2 was normal.
ReplyDeleteHugs!
I was aware of this oddity.
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ReplyDeleteThere was much made of this on our TV news media. I've been rather hit and miss posting on my blog but trying to do it once a week now.
ReplyDeleteThat was on a Sunday, I think, but I did notice when I was writing appointment cards for 2-20-2020. Not a palindrome, but still an interesting number,
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