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590.1 | | HUMAN::CONKLIN | Peter Conklin | Mon Aug 08 1988 01:09 | 1 |
| and by a happy coincidence...my note was written at the 8th minute!
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590.2 | 8:88 | DPDMAI::OREILLY | Wolfhounds Stand In Honor For Katie | Mon Aug 08 1988 09:34 | 5 |
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Someone should put a note in at 8:88 am!!
JO'R
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590.3 | happy day, everybody! | MARKER::KALLIS | Anger's no replacement for reason | Mon Aug 08 1988 12:12 | 7 |
| ... and remembr:
it will be 11 years, 1 month and 1 day before:
9/9/99
Steve Kallis, Jr.
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590.4 | Uncle Bob "Stainless" Steele said it first | CIMNET::MASSEY | | Mon Aug 08 1988 12:43 | 3 |
| Were you there when Cold-Rolled said
5/5/55 or 6/6/66 or 7/7/77?
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590.5 | How many people have "8888" for Megabucks? | DR::BLINN | Bluegrass: music aged to perfection | Mon Aug 08 1988 14:19 | 7 |
| 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
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590.6 | 8:08:08 8/8/88 | DIODE::CROWELL | Jon Crowell | Mon Aug 08 1988 14:22 | 8 |
|
WROR said this morning is was eight o'eight, eight, eight,
eighty-eight. It will happen tonight.
8:08:08 8/8/88
Jon
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590.7 | | LINCON::WOODBURY | Atlanta Networks/VMS Support | Mon Aug 08 1988 14:57 | 1 |
| That will happen twice today!
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590.8 | Happy birthday to me | NHL::MARCHETTI | Mama said there'd be days like this. | Mon Aug 08 1988 15:18 | 4 |
| And just think, today's my birthday! Am I lucky or what?
Bob 8-)
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590.9 | I'll buy that for $8.88 | DR::BLINN | Bluegrass: music aged to perfection | Mon Aug 08 1988 15:35 | 3 |
| And not only that, but when you wrote it, your reply was "8 of 8".
Tom
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590.10 | 8/8/88 AT 8:18 | SHAPES::TRAFFORDN | Not so 'Old' Trafford | Tue Aug 09 1988 07:46 | 3 |
| FERGIES BABY BORN 8/8/88 AT 8:18.
TOP THAT!!!!!!!
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590.11 | Try this.. | STEREO::BEAUDET | We'll leave the light on for ya.. | Tue Aug 09 1988 10:30 | 6 |
| 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/
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590.12 | And this... | VLNVAX::TSTARLING | | Tue Aug 09 1988 11:01 | 1 |
| Baby weighed 8 lb., 8 oz. which should top it...
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590.13 | JUST TOPPED! | SHAPES::TRAFFORDN | Not so 'Old' Trafford | Tue Aug 09 1988 12:56 | 1 |
| I THINK THEY JUST PASS AS TOPPING IT BUT ONLY BY A FLEAS BREATH.
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590.14 | 5/5/55 revisited | PH7VAX::MCBRIDE | do it, try it, get sued, fix it! | Tue Aug 09 1988 13:10 | 3 |
| 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.
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590.15 | Crazy 8's | ROGER::GAUDET | Ski Nautique | Tue Aug 09 1988 13:17 | 10 |
| 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...
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590.16 | Lucky 7's ? | DANUBE::D_MONTGOMERY | Mama told me not to come | Tue Aug 09 1988 15:40 | 8 |
| 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-
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590.17 | Not a good day at the track. | SSDEVO::TEDONE | Sidd Finch fan | Tue Aug 09 1988 16:18 | 3 |
| 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. :-(
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590.18 | 8888888 | LDYBUG::PINCK | Amy Pinck, DTN=223-4335, Long Live Duck | Tue Aug 09 1988 17:26 | 4 |
| In the same race, the winner was at 8 to 1 odds...
I heard it on the news.
Amy
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590.19 | Can I start a new topic to discuss significance of "69"? | SERPNT::SONTAKKE | Vikas Sontakke | Wed Aug 10 1988 09:06 | 11 |
| 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
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590.20 | | BOLT::GOLDBERG | Marshall R. Goldberg, MSD-A/D | Wed Aug 10 1988 19:51 | 8 |
| 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.
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590.21 | I am waiting for 9/9/99 | SERPNT::SONTAKKE | Vikas Sontakke | Thu Aug 11 1988 09:10 | 11 |
| 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
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590.22 | Just over 11 years away? | DR::BLINN | Life's too short for bad wine | Thu Aug 11 1988 16:14 | 4 |
| With luck, we and the conference will still be here then for
your enjoyment and edification..
Tom
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590.23 | look a little farther... | PH4VAX::MCBRIDE | the syntax is 6% in this state | Thu Aug 11 1988 18:22 | 3 |
| 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?
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590.24 | | QUARK::LIONEL | May you live in interesting times | Thu Aug 11 1988 18:53 | 6 |
| Re: .23
Not so - only two years - 1/1/1. Twelve years if you insist on
1/1/11.
Steve
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590.25 | Ah, numerology... | REGENT::EPSTEIN | Bruce Epstein | Fri Aug 12 1988 14:27 | 3 |
| >> Twelve years if you insist on 1/1/11.
Or even 11/11/11.
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590.26 | | DRUID::CANNON | | Fri Sep 02 1988 16:38 | 6 |
| -> 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 ... :-{
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590.27 | could be worse... | PH4VAX::MCBRIDE | the syntax is 6% in this state | Sat Sep 03 1988 12:58 | 2 |
| much better than $8,888.88!
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590.28 | | BOLT::GOLDBERG | Marshall R. Goldberg, Workstations | Mon Sep 05 1988 01:35 | 7 |
| Re. .26
And the best part is you are here to complain about it !!!
:-)
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