7th August 2009

[Johnmelad502]

AT 5 MINUTES AND 6 SECONDS AFTER 4 A.M., ON THE 7TH OF AUGUST, THIS YEAR, THE TIME AND DATE WILL BE: 04:05:06 07-08-09

THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN UNTIL THE YEAR 3009!!!

I had a deep feeling that you all just needed to know this. Aren't you glad I post on this forum?

 

[Spark123]

what about the year 2109?

 

[Johnmelad502]

what about the year 2109?

Oh shut yer face...

 

[Spark123]

That bottle of bacardi breezer got to your head marra

 

[Johnmelad502]

That bottle of bacardi breezer got to your head marra

Marra, that's a very Whitehaven saying, you from around that area Marra?

The Bacardi knocked me out in the 15th round.

 

[Spark123]

Nah lad
Bit further south!
Marra tends to be used around mining communities - you hear it a lot over the north east too

 

[conny]

Daughter calls grand-daughter this even though it is nothing resembling her name.
What does it mean?
And no she is not from Whitehaven, the north east or a mining community.

 

[Blasphemous]

Daughter calls grand-daughter this even though it is nothing resembling her name.
What does it mean?

It means: 'friend, pal, buddy, mate' conny.

 

[Spark123]

It is an old mining saying to someone who is equal to yourself.

 

[securespark]

John & 123, I'm sorry to burst your bubbles, but what about:

05:06:07 08/09/10?

There was one last year, too: 03:04:05 06/07/08.

Then there's:

00:01:02 03/04/05

01:02:03 04/05/06

02:03:04 05/06/07

06:07:08 09/10/11

07:08:09 10/11/12

etc, etc....

Then you can go backwards:

12:11:10 09/08/07

etc, etc.....

 

[sooey]

Smartarze

 

[^woody^]

What if I go to America - where the days and months are reversed?

 

[peteftw]

why do the yanks do that? i cant see any benefit its slightly more awkward really.

 

[ColJack]

because they are lazy and it removes one word when saying it... "of"

we say "fourteenth OF june, two thousand and nine.."
they say "june fourteenth, two thousand and nine.."

 

[noseall]

why do the yanks do that? i cant see any benefit its slightly more awkward really.

Pourquoi?

The Aussies do their cricket commentary different to us - we would say 128 for three whilst the Aussies would say three for 128.

Ho hum.