09-09-09
 

PanTheMan just pointed out that today is 090909, so happy 999 everyone! (But we have room for a thousand!)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/...909issospecial

Just reading that article on 090909 :)

Tomorrow tho is more special for me - 1 year anniversary for me and the Beej.

Google has a logo that has under it:

09/09/09 09:09:09

What happens today at 9:09 and 9 seconds in the morning???

BTW: isn't it PanTheMan's Birthday today ?

PS: We've already had 09/09/09 so there. Nothing happened at 9:09 and 9 seconds in the morning either, except I was almost ready to wake and get out of bed. :p

We have a friend who's getting married today, even though it's Wednesday, because of the special date.

Geeks squeal a collective squee of geekery? ... Just listen for it.

I totally missed it. Guess I'll have to wait for 9:09:09pm :(

Just pretend you're on the west coast

Don't make the same mistake I did. Live your second to the fullest.

I'm going to go crazy and compress all of my fun into that magical mystical centisecond at 09:09:09.09.

It is sad to think that odds are good that I have only 8 more of these wonderful moments in my lifetime (2 today, 2 on 10/10/10, 2 on 11/11/11, and 2 on 12/12/12). I may have to advocate calendar reform (24 15-day months!) just so I can squeeze more pleasure into my otherwise desolate life.

Wheeeeeee!

I missed it! :(

well, in my dept, we the super geeks of the world were counting it down...wating for a sign...which sadly was not forthcoming...or even fifth-coming for that matter. :p

Yep, nothing happened here in the a.m. at 9:09:09.

But, today is my daughters 24th birthday. That is a biggie to ME {not so much to her, it would seem}.

I wanted to show her that it is also her great-grandmothers' birthday. I have a picture of her tombstone from the internet. I check the date...she was born on 09/09/09!!! But that was 1909!!! If she were still alive she'd be 100 today.

Alex: you could always console yourself with the likes of January third, 2013

Not that is just manufactured Hallmark created artificial celebration. I want honest heartfelt moments of pure joy.

Or he could celebrate it again in 13 days; when the Julian Calendar catches up.

See! SEE! That's why nothing happened at 9:09:09 this morning. :p

How cool that you found a pic of the tombstone, MW.

My dad and my grandmother were both born on 9/9. My dad would have been 85 yesterday. My granny was born 9/9/1901 and she died in 2001, so she did make it to the century mark.

Wow, Deebs! So far, none in my family have lived that long. I believe that Grandmother was 92.

My sis actually found the headstone. A website called findagrave.com. I think it is really cool. I kind of doubt I've ever be there in person so I am happy to see this. It is a pretty headstone. I've always liked graveyards and the pretty tombstones some have created for their loved ones.

8 months after my dad's aunt who made it to 103 1/2.

Wow!! 103 and a half! Is that normal???? {I mean in your family}

My mom insists she is ready to go but she is the youngest of 4 sisters @84.

She was the youngest of 5 sisters. She made it the farthest (her body finally gave out on her the last couple years, but her mind never faltered), but all but 1 of the sisters made it well into their 90s all in relative health until the very end, and the only one who didn't (my grandmother) was a chain smoker who died of emphysema at the tender age of 80 or so.

It gives me hope for my own longevity, however it's all women on that side of the family, except for my dad, so it may not be a particularly accurate gauge.

That is great their minds kept up with them. And, that is true about the gender factor.

The men in our family are a bit nervous as the men seem to die kind of young while the women live pretty long {as long as they take some sort of care of themselves}.

My great-grandmother lived to be 107. She had a lumpectomy at 105. Longevity is prevalent in my family (when we don't die of cancer).

And if my great-grandmother were alive today, she would be wondering, "Why is it so dark in here?"

It is true in my family as well that we live a long time if we don't die first.