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Conference 7.286::digital

Title:The Digital way of working
Moderator:QUARK::LIONELON
Created:Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5321
Total number of notes:139771

590.0. "8/8/88" by HUMAN::CONKLIN (Peter Conklin) Mon Aug 08 1988 01:08

    Have a happy 8/8/88 day. This should be a lucky day!
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590.1HUMAN::CONKLINPeter ConklinMon Aug 08 1988 01:091
    and by a happy coincidence...my note was written at the 8th minute!
590.28:88DPDMAI::OREILLYWolfhounds Stand In Honor For KatieMon Aug 08 1988 09:345
    
    
    Someone should put a note in at 8:88 am!!
    
    JO'R
590.3happy day, everybody!MARKER::KALLISAnger's no replacement for reasonMon Aug 08 1988 12:127
    ... and remembr:
    
    it will be 11 years, 1 month and 1 day before:
    
    9/9/99
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.
590.4Uncle Bob "Stainless" Steele said it firstCIMNET::MASSEYMon Aug 08 1988 12:433
    Were you there when Cold-Rolled said
    
    		5/5/55 or 6/6/66 or 7/7/77?
590.5How many people have "8888" for Megabucks?DR::BLINNBluegrass: music aged to perfectionMon Aug 08 1988 14:197
        Some people believe these fortuitous dates only happen every
        eleven years or so, but note well that after 9/9/99, the next
        is 1/1/1, then 2/2/2, then 3/3/3, etc.  And if you insist on
        waiting until the last two digits of the year match up, what
        about 10/10/10, 11/11/11, and 12/12/12?
        
        Tom
590.68:08:08 8/8/88DIODE::CROWELLJon CrowellMon Aug 08 1988 14:228
    
    WROR said this morning is was eight o'eight, eight, eight,
    eighty-eight.  It will happen tonight.
    
    8:08:08 8/8/88
    
    Jon
    
590.7LINCON::WOODBURYAtlanta Networks/VMS SupportMon Aug 08 1988 14:571
	That will happen twice today!
590.8Happy birthday to meNHL::MARCHETTIMama said there'd be days like this.Mon Aug 08 1988 15:184
    And just think, today's my birthday!  Am I lucky or what?
    
    Bob  8-)
    
590.9I'll buy that for $8.88DR::BLINNBluegrass: music aged to perfectionMon Aug 08 1988 15:353
        And not only that, but when you wrote it, your reply was "8 of 8". 
        
        Tom
590.108/8/88 AT 8:18SHAPES::TRAFFORDNNot so 'Old' TraffordTue Aug 09 1988 07:463
    FERGIES BABY BORN 8/8/88 AT 8:18.
    
    TOP THAT!!!!!!!
590.11Try this..STEREO::BEAUDETWe'll leave the light on for ya..Tue Aug 09 1988 10:306
    On the news last night...baby born 8/8/88 8:08, 8th delivery for
    the doctor who also has 8 children of his own (there may have been
    more but how much do you want?) Does that top it?
    
    /tb/
    
590.12And this...VLNVAX::TSTARLINGTue Aug 09 1988 11:011
    Baby weighed 8 lb., 8 oz. which should top it...
590.13JUST TOPPED!SHAPES::TRAFFORDNNot so 'Old' TraffordTue Aug 09 1988 12:561
    I THINK THEY JUST PASS AS TOPPING IT BUT ONLY BY A FLEAS BREATH.
590.145/5/55 revisitedPH7VAX::MCBRIDEdo it, try it, get sued, fix it!Tue Aug 09 1988 13:103
    On 5/5/55 I was crunched by a Buick while riding my bike and layed
    around in a plaster nightie for 4 months.  Yesterday I didn't come
    to work.
590.15Crazy 8'sROGER::GAUDETSki NautiqueTue Aug 09 1988 13:1710
    I heard a story on the radio yesterday morning of a couple in a
    town called Eighty-Eight, Kentucky (supposedly a real town) who
    had plans to get married at 8 minutes past 8 PM on 8/8/88, something
    about inviting 88 guests, and the wedding party was scheduled to
    arrive at the ceremony riding in (you guessed it) Delta 88's!  I
    think there were a few more 8's in there but I don't remember.
    
    What some folks will do for attention...
    
    					...Roger...
590.16Lucky 7's ?DANUBE::D_MONTGOMERYMama told me not to comeTue Aug 09 1988 15:408
    When I was playing baseball,  I played in a doubleheader on 7/7/77,
    wearing #7, and batting 7th in the order.   I played one game in
    Left Field (which is abbreviated numerically as the `7' position).
    The second game started at 7:07.
    
    Lucky numbers?    Not for me:    I went 0-for-7.
    
    -Monty-7-
590.17Not a good day at the track.SSDEVO::TEDONESidd Finch fanTue Aug 09 1988 16:183
    Another story that goes with 8/8/88 is related to betting and horse
    racing.  I went to the track and bet 8$ on horse number 8 in the
    8th race.  It finished 8th.  :-(
590.188888888LDYBUG::PINCKAmy Pinck, DTN=223-4335, Long Live DuckTue Aug 09 1988 17:264
    In the same race, the winner was at 8 to 1 odds...
    I heard it on the news.
    
    Amy
590.19Can I start a new topic to discuss significance of "69"?SERPNT::SONTAKKEVikas SontakkeWed Aug 10 1988 09:0611
    I don't know why I am asking this question, but what the hell, here it
    goes. 
    
    Can someone explain to me what this topic has to do with ``digital
    way of working''?  Or moderators are immune from following the rules
    which they have set up for the conference?
    
    If you know me, you would realize that this reply was posted in
    jest even though you might not see the smiley faces.
    
    - Vikas 
590.20BOLT::GOLDBERGMarshall R. Goldberg, MSD-A/DWed Aug 10 1988 19:518
    In oriental culture, the 8th day of the 8th month is considered
    aspicious and lucky. Most Japanese swords that bear dates are dated
    the 8th day of the 8th month. We have a short blade dated August
    8th, 1636. Relatively new.
    
    Keeping with that tradition, we staked our new home last August
    8th. 
    
590.21I am waiting for 9/9/99SERPNT::SONTAKKEVikas SontakkeThu Aug 11 1988 09:1011
    RE: .20
    
    Since this subject is still alive, let me add my $.02 too.  In _some
    other_ oriental culture (e.g Hindu) number 9 is considered aspicious
    and lucky.
    
    So you can fully count on me to enter a topic in this conference on
    September 9, 99.  And if the moderator(s) tries to jump on my back, I
    will raise bloody hell :-) 

    - Vikas
590.22Just over 11 years away?DR::BLINNLife's too short for bad wineThu Aug 11 1988 16:144
        With luck, we and the conference will still be here then for
        your enjoyment and edification..
        
        Tom
590.23look a little farther...PH4VAX::MCBRIDEthe syntax is 6% in this stateThu Aug 11 1988 18:223
    33 years to the one after 9/9/99.  In 11 years we will probably
    be beating up the "Turn of the Century at Digital".  Should we wait?
    
590.24QUARK::LIONELMay you live in interesting timesThu Aug 11 1988 18:536
    Re: .23
    
    Not so - only two years - 1/1/1.  Twelve years if you insist on
    1/1/11.
    
    				Steve
590.25Ah, numerology...REGENT::EPSTEINBruce EpsteinFri Aug 12 1988 14:273
>>    Twelve years if you insist on 1/1/11.

    Or even 11/11/11.
590.26DRUID::CANNONFri Sep 02 1988 16:386
                       -> No Such Luck >-
    
    8/8/88 Bah Humbug!!
    
    I had an car accident ... $1600.00 worth of damage ... I guess its
    better than $1800.00 ... :-{
590.27could be worse...PH4VAX::MCBRIDEthe syntax is 6% in this stateSat Sep 03 1988 12:582
    much better than $8,888.88!
    
590.28BOLT::GOLDBERGMarshall R. Goldberg, WorkstationsMon Sep 05 1988 01:357
    Re. .26
    
    And the best part is you are here to complain about it !!!
    
    				
    				:-)