1949threepence Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 Is a perfect palindrome whether expressed our way, or the American way 02/02/2020. 2 Quote
Unwilling Numismatist Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 but just gone 2 am was better 02020202020 2 Quote
blakeyboy Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 BMW thanked their 2002 car ( late 60's-early 70's ) for saving the company, since it was a runaway success, by taking out full page ads in better newspapers all over the world, with pictures of cars that were still being used, on 2nd Feb 2002. I had 11 of them. Fabulous simple strong design. Most reliable vehicles I've ever owned. Quote
Peckris 2 Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 4 hours ago, 1949threepence said: Is a perfect palindrome whether expressed our way, or the American way 02/02/2020. Unfortunately, it all depends on the horrendous habit of putting a zero in front of a single digit month. I used to be a computer programmer and I know how easy it would be to add that zero behind the scenes, but suppress it from the display. For me, today's date is 2/2/2020. Quote
AardHawk Posted February 3, 2020 Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) 21 hours ago, blakeyboy said: I had 11 of them. Fabulous simple strong design. You must have been Mike Macartney's best customer! Sold my 02tii after 20 years custodianship a couple of years ago. It was my daily driver. Never let me down. Edited February 3, 2020 by AardHawk spelling 1 Quote
Stuntman Posted February 3, 2020 Posted February 3, 2020 Nice. I distinctly remember looking at my watch nearly 18 years ago at 20:02 on the 20th February 2002. That was a triple palindrome in UK date format! 1 Quote
Sword Posted February 3, 2020 Posted February 3, 2020 I remember the Beijing Olympics starting at 8:08pm on 08/08/08. That's also a palindrome. 1 Quote
Sword Posted February 3, 2020 Posted February 3, 2020 On 2/2/2020 at 5:41 PM, 1949threepence said: Is a perfect palindrome whether expressed our way, or the American way 02/02/2020. Come to think of it, we should have asked for 02/02/2020 to be Brexit Date instead of the rather ordinary 31/01/20. (But I doubt somehow that EU would agree) 2 Quote
1949threepence Posted February 3, 2020 Author Posted February 3, 2020 7 minutes ago, Sword said: I remember the Beijing Olympics starting at 8:08pm on 08/08/08. That's also a palindrome. Actually that's not a palindrome as it doesn't read the same backwards as forwards. Quote
Sword Posted February 3, 2020 Posted February 3, 2020 2 minutes ago, 1949threepence said: Actually that's not a palindrome as it doesn't read the same backwards as forwards. It is if you include the 8:08pm bit ... (yes, I realised I was pushing it) Quote
1949threepence Posted February 3, 2020 Author Posted February 3, 2020 1 minute ago, Sword said: It is if you include the 8:08pm bit ... (yes, I realised I was pushing it) Yes. Another interesting one is 16th August 1991 - expressed as 16/8/91, it reads exactly the same upside down OK, yes I admit to being a sad git with too much time on his hands. Quote
Sword Posted February 3, 2020 Posted February 3, 2020 5 minutes ago, 1949threepence said: Yes. Another interesting one is 16th August 1991 - expressed as 16/8/91, it reads exactly the same upside down OK, yes I admit to being a sad git with too much time on his hands. 😀 But as a penny collector, you would pay a lot more money for dates having inverted ones though. Quote
secret santa Posted February 3, 2020 Posted February 3, 2020 29 minutes ago, Sword said: But as a penny collector, you would pay a lot more money for dates having inverted ones though. Yes, I paid a fortune for this 1961 penny with the date upside down. 3 2 Quote
blakeyboy Posted February 3, 2020 Posted February 3, 2020 6 hours ago, AardHawk said: You must have been Mike Macartney's best customer! Sold my 02tii after 20 years custodianship a couple of years ago. It was my daily driver. Never let me down. About ten years ago I got all my spares together, just under 2 tons in weight, and we had a sale on the lawn at Mike's house, and what was left we sold to his daughter who had taken over the business. I had some rare stuff in there - we had two cars turn up from Holland for the sale..... Mike did a barbecue in the sun, and it was a great day. 1 Quote
Sword Posted February 4, 2020 Posted February 4, 2020 (edited) 22 hours ago, secret santa said: Yes, I paid a fortune for this 1961 penny with the date upside down. Yes, it is a very rare variety but haven't you just posted a photo of an ordinary penny? Here is the only known example. Edited February 4, 2020 by Sword 1 2 Quote
Peckris 2 Posted February 4, 2020 Posted February 4, 2020 On 2/3/2020 at 10:25 PM, 1949threepence said: Yes. Another interesting one is 16th August 1991 - expressed as 16/8/91, it reads exactly the same upside down OK, yes I admit to being a sad git with too much time on his hands. Unfortunately, in accordance with all the sad gits who insist August MUST be 08 and not 8, that won't work. 😄 Quote
1949threepence Posted February 4, 2020 Author Posted February 4, 2020 50 minutes ago, Peckris 2 said: Unfortunately, in accordance with all the sad gits who insist August MUST be 08 and not 8, that won't work. 😄 It can be whichever way you want it to be. Quote
Bronze & Copper Collector Posted February 5, 2020 Posted February 5, 2020 11 hours ago, Sword said: Yes, it is a very rare variety but haven't you just posted a photo of an ordinary penny? Here is the only known example. The date is correct on this specimen, the coin itself is upside down.... 2 Quote
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