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Old 13-11-2011, 05:15 PM
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Nothing too exciting here, but while over in Perth last Friday, my wife called me and reminded me of the date. November 11th.

So, I decided to record the 11th second of the 11th minute of the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 2011... only had an i-phone camera
and my wristwatch, but managed to nail the moment
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Old 13-11-2011, 05:33 PM
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See, that's the trouble with you slabbie-fellows, too much time on your hands, LOL. Us fling-wing fellows on the other hand would have both hands on the controls.
Nice sundial though.
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Old 13-11-2011, 06:44 PM
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I knew you would have a Breitling
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Old 13-11-2011, 07:03 PM
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I caught the moment too, though not on camera, Was waiting at Lisbon bus station, and 'remembered' at 11am, then managed to look ap at the digital clock and was 11:11
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Old 13-11-2011, 07:31 PM
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I knew you would have a Breitling
..OMG never really thought about it..

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.... Us fling-wing fellows on the other hand would have both hands on the controls.
Nice sundial though.
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Two hands simply don't work on a side stick
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Old 13-11-2011, 07:51 PM
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Nicely caught!

Only one left this century
12:12:12:12:12:12

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Old 13-11-2011, 09:10 PM
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Two hands simply don't work on a side stick
Well they might, but the little old lady in the back row of cattle class might cough up her false teeth from the wild ride you'd be giving her!

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Nicely caught!

Only one left this century
12:12:12:12:12:12

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Millenium actually - if I'm not mistaken
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Old 14-11-2011, 12:44 PM
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That happened to me too


But I wasn't paying attention at the time, sorry.


Nice capture, Peter.
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Old 14-11-2011, 05:39 PM
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Millenium actually - if I'm not mistaken
Sorry but you are mistaken. It resets every century . . . I think
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Hmmm, - well Craig, I'm happy to bow to your superior knowledge. But I'm not sure where the 13th month is going to come from. That's all I was thinking of Still, I won't argue if you think I'm mistaken. But I would be happy to hear how it works

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That type of time stamp occurs more frequently than every millenium.

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the 11th second of the 11th minute of the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month
of 2111.

This phenomenon will occur in the preceding years of the next century also:
ie 03:03:03:03:03:03 will be a time stamp that will occur on March 3rd, 2103.
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I just found out that this date 11/11/11 is called a binary date - it is made of only 1s & 0s; although this one doesn't have any 0s.

And THIS was last binary date for this century.
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