Many years ago (presumably in 1967, as we shall see..), as a schoolboy, I seem to remember hearing on the BBC 'Today' breakfast programme, about so-called 'straight-dates'. These are: 1/2/34 2/3/45 3/4/56 4/5/67 5/6/78 6/7/89 7/8/90 at which point the series seems to end unles we go to 8/9/01
Those who were not aware of this, may have missed any chance to celebrate! Peter Tandy At 10:57 AM 1/7/02 -0000, you wrote: >Extract from The Daily Telegraph (Letters to the Editor): > >Back and Forth > >SIR - It might be worth pointing out that the year 2002 consists of a >palindrome, being the same backward as forwards. Palindromic years occur >normally only once in 110 years (as in 1661,1771,1881, etc). However, at the >end of each millennium, the gap is only 11 years, instead of 110, so we had >a palindromic year in 1991 and again in 2002; but there will not be another >one until 2112. >We are thus the only generation between the Norman Conquest and the year >3000 to experience two palindromic years within a normal lifetime. > >Canon Richard Tydeman >Felixtowe, Suffolk > >Up and over >Sir - Canon Tydeman observes that ours is the only generation to experience >two palindromic years, 1991 and 2002, in a normal lifetime (letter, Dec. >29). >It is also worth recording that many of us also experienced the year 1961, >which reads the same when viewed normally or upside down; an inverted >palindrome, perhaps? There have only been three other such years since the >Norman Conquest and there will not be another until 6009. >Richard Woodside. London W8 > >Mike Shaw > >http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jmikeshaw/ > >N 53º 21' 24" >W 03º 01' 47" >Wirral, UK. >--- >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.307 / Virus Database: 168 - Release Date: 11/12/2001 > > >
