OFF: Reason to celebrate?

[Tim]

My 49th birthday,never to be repeated...
tim
K Henderson wrote:
 >
 > Hey...
 >
 > (Note that this works in Europe only, and only in military time.
 > But who's being picky?)  :)
 >
 > Grakkl (FAA)
 >
 > A bit of very interesting trivia......
 > February 20 this year will be
 > a historic moment in time.
 >
 > It will not be marked by the chiming of any clocks
 > or the ringing of bells, but at that precise time,
 > on that specific date, something will happen
 > which has not occurred for 1,001 years,
 > and will never happen again.
 > As the clock ticks over from 8.01pm on Wednesday,
 > February 20, time will, for sixty seconds only,
 > read in perfect symmetry 2002, 2002, 2002,
 > or to be more precise
 >
 > 20:02     20/02    2002
 >
 > This historic event will never have the same
 > poignancy as the 11th hour of the 11th day of the
 > 11th month which marks Armistice Day,
 > but it is an event which has only ever happened
 > once before, and is something which
 > will never be repeated.
 >
 > The last occasion that time read in such
 > a symmetrical pattern was long before the days
 > of the digital watch and the 24-hour clock at
 >
 > 10.01am on January 10, 1001.
 >
 > And because the clock only goes up to 23.59,
 > it is something that will never happen again.