Where will YOU be at 12:34:56 on 7-8-9?

[TWiley]

1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 today. Is there a church bus coming in the form of an asteroid? Will the childern be safe?

[L0oniX]

1. Working

[Swamp Rat]

2. here, eating crabs

about 20 yards to the left:

[TWiley]

4. mmm crabs. what variety?

They are yummy

[Swamp Rat]

7. not sure exactly, but here is what they look like:

very tasty :9

[TWiley]

11. very tasty indeed !

Cute too

[bdamomma]

14. oh yummy, have one for me!!!

where are you anyway swampy?

[malaise]

31. Thankfully we'll have curried crabs on

Saturday - those look divine.

[Auggie]

3. Most likely I'll be sitting at this desk,

in front of this computer, eating lunch

[SoCalDem]

5. Just imagine of you were in a new car and at that moment the odometer

turned over 10 miles:)

The earth would surely tip off its axis, and you would be transported to the "Twilight Zone"

[TWiley]

10. oh my goodness! I had not thought of that.

Is there a propholactic prayer that i can recite in advance?

[Recursion]

6. But August 7th is a month from now...

:)

[TWiley]

8. July is 7. The day is 8, and the year is 9

[KharmaTrain]

13. Not If You Write The Date In European Style...

Today is 8/7/09...next month would be your 7/8/09. Nonetheless, I will prepare for this moment like I do for when the comet strikes in 2012...not give much thought to it.

[TWiley]

23. Please wear your helmit just to be safe .....

[Recursion]

17. This is one area where Europe is right

Month / day / year makes 0 sense. Day / month / year makes a lot of sense.

[TWiley]

24. Try writing a check european style ......

[muriel_volestrangler]

26. Why?

I can't remember what American checks look like, but why would putting a date on an American check be any different from on a British cheque?

[ProdigalJunkMail]

30. because of the way we differ in writing dates

10/1/09 in the US OCT 1 2009
10/1/09 in the UK JAN 10 2009

My father was military and I learned the DAY/MONTH/YEAR variety. So to save myself the grief I simply write 8JUL09 for today...solves the problem!

sP

[muriel_volestrangler]

32. I may have misunderstood

I thought TWiley was saying it's more difficult to write a check using the European style.

[TWiley]

33. because 6/3/09 is different than 3/6/09

[dysfunctional press]

50. i always write the date in european fashion on my checks...

just to fuck with the bank.

[dysfunctional press]

51. actually, the year is 09, not "9".

sorry.

[TommyO]

22. Ah, somebody else who works with, or knows, somebody outside the US!

Everybody in the loop knows that today's date is 08-07-2009!

[Not Me]

9. Riding my mountain bike

on the trails near work.

[tnlurker]

12. I was in bed asleep the first time it happened today

The next time I will be at my desk at work.

[TWiley]

15. did you get a message from your dreams?

[tnlurker]

19. Not that I recall

Maybe it will enter my day dreams later.

[get the red out]

16. Lunch with co-workers

It's one guy's birthday, going feast on Mexican food, YUM!

[lunatica]

18. I'll be on the campus shuttle going from my am job to my pm job

At UC Berkeley.

[nuxvomica]

20. I'll be stuck working at my desk

I'll miss all the festivities. :(

[SoCalDem]

21. My son will get to have 11:11:11:11/11/11

Twice in the same day :)
and he'll have 1:11:11:11/11/11 twice too

[dysfunctional press]

52. your son? is there some reason that you won't be around in 2 years?

:shrug:

[SoCalDem]

57. well, it IS his birthday.

I hope to be able to celebrate with him, but then we never know, do we:)

[dysfunctional press]

59. for that matter- he may not make it either.

we just never know.

i've only got my sights set as far as 12:21:12 on 12/21/12- when they put out the new mayan calanders. i want to get one with pictures of puppies.

[FormerDittoHead]

25. Time is an illusion. Lunchtime, doubly so.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Douglas_Adams

[muriel_volestrangler]

27. Very deep. You should send that in to the Reader's Digest

They've got a page for people like you.

:evilgrin:

[rockymountaindem]

28. Except it's 7/8/09

Kind of breaks up your logic there. Won't we have to wait for 12:34:56 on 7/8/90?

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

29. Which time zone? In Europe it's already come and gone. I'm in NY and it's on its way and will be

working. Later on when it's that time on the West Coast, I'll be doing errands.

We need some exactitude here!

:rofl:

[TWiley]

34. What is the Time Zone in Heaven? .....

oops, looks like my zip code is in hell.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

35. lol! That's what happens when you are a silly OP!

[alcibiades_mystery]

41. In Europe it's 8/7/9

American dating system FAIL.

;-)

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

47. I have an International biz and know all too well about how dates are written

around the world. I'm also an English lit fan.

I was looking at it subjectively. ;)

[kestrel91316]

53. Genealogists all pretty much do dates THIS way now:

8 Jul 2009. It's completely unambiguous. By keeping the month at 3 letters, it's quicker to type. And the 4 digit year is mandatory because your data spans centuries.

I don't know why I never switched to this at home/work, lol. My charts in the office are 7-8-09 format. As are any checks/letters I write.

[Lilith Velkor]

36. Right here, probably not, and mostly, in that order

An asteroid in the form of a church bus would serve as a more helpful warning.

[SeattleGirl]

37. Having lunch with a client.

:9

[Occulus]

38. ZOMGWTF IT JUST HAPPENED

I think I just peed a little...

[BurtWorm]

39. 12:34:56 went by and I didn't even notice.

[kestrel91316]

54. I didn't notice either. I'm eating cherries and reading this thread so

I'm not watching the clock.

Oops, my clock says 11:28. It's gonna be another hour or so....

[TWiley]

55. what kind of cherries? are they the dark sweet ones?

I like the Bings

[kestrel91316]

56. Sweet cherries from the grocery store. Not sure if they're Bings.

VERY tasty, one of my favorite fruits!

[derby378]

40. Probably working on a spreadsheet

Let me reach for my party hat.

[Life Long Dem]

42. I've been wondering the same question

And have wanted to answer this for weeks! :bounce:

[bikebloke]

43. Hey, I'm still here, at work.

And there I was sitting at my desk in my Rapture-Ready Suit(TM) waiting for the sky elevator to take me up and see the lard (or is it laird?)

Fuckin 'ell. That's it. I'm going over to Satanism.

[a la izquierda]

44. Sitting on my couch...

writing my dissertation, which, incidentally, tangentially deals with the Mayas..uh oh, the end of the world might actually come from my house.

[Habibi]

45. Crap. I was vacuuming.

I missed it.

[rucky]

46. My garden hose broke at exactly that time.

Twas the cataclysmic event everyone was predicting.

[conspirator]

48. I am in UK so I will tell you in a month nt

[dysfunctional press]

49. the year is 09, not 9. for 123456789, you'll have to wait until 1:23:45 6/7/89

eighty years away.

but- you can have 4:05:06 07/08/09 today, if that makes you feel any better.

[LWolf]

58. I was out repairing an irrigation line. nt