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Celial
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Mr. Wiggles
Canada5894 Posts
311, Local Information Number 911, Emergency Contact Number I might be weird, but I don't place too much importance in the anniversaries of important events, or really dates in general. =/ | ||
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itkovian
United States1763 Posts
Other than that, the only dates that really mean anything to me are my families birth-dates and the dates of holidays. Also, when I think of dates I usually don't think of them in number format. Like 7-4 didn't mean much to me, but July 4th obviously does. 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197 Those are the digits of pi I have memorized from a running competition I had with a friend back in high school. I memorized them in sets: 3.14-159-26535-8979-3238-46264-3383-27950-288-4197 thats how I memorized them, by adding small groups at a time. So if I see 4197 somewhere, pi might come to mind, oddly enough | ||
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Cuddle
Sweden1345 Posts
I tried wikipedia but found nothing significant, a terrorist bombing in Bolivia that killed 60 people and apparently it is the "World Freedom Day" though only in the US. 7 is my lucky number and I always give myself a mental high five when I check my watch and it's 13:37. | ||
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Pangpootata
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HeavOnEarth
United States7087 Posts
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jello_biafra
United Kingdom6638 Posts
911 - the US emergency number The only ones that stood out to me when I read them. On November 14 2011 19:42 Cuddle wrote: 7 is my lucky number and I always give myself a mental high five when I check my watch and it's 13:37. lol, both of things are true of me as well. | ||
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OpticalShot
Canada6330 Posts
Let me first look at the once you mentioned 311, 74, 89, 815, 92, 911, 119, 127 Apologies in advance because I'm not a student of history. First to my mind: 311: nothing - although my mind did a quick-check on 31 (3-1) which is important to us Koreans (삼일절) 74 - nothing comes to mind 89 - 1989, the year I was born. Also that reminds me that Hitler was born in 1889. (You will see why this is relevant later) 815 - liberation day! 92 - my sister was born 1992 911 - emergency and also the world trade centers 119 - emergency number in Korea, also one of the most heartbreaking days of my life D= 127 - one of my best friend's birthday (Jan 27) I'm going to add: 420 - others may think of weed, I think of my birthday. Well, that and maybe weed. Also Hitler was born on April 20, 1889. Strange, huh? So yeah... same numbers mean different things to different people. I think I'm learning that obsessing over numbers isn't a good thing though. Look what happened to me last two weeks x_x+ Show Spoiler + ABL 1000th Page Celebration anyone? | ||
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Zaranth
United States345 Posts
Also, Pearl Harbor Day. :-( This allows my dad to make bad jokes about how he wanted to name me Pearl ... Thank goodness he was overruled. | ||
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ironchef
Canada1350 Posts
311, 74, 89, 815, 92, 911, 119, 127 If you sum up those numbers, that is how outraged I was on a scale of 1 to 10 when Steve Jobs' biography cover got defaced. I kid, I kid <3 311 is some non emergency helpline 815 the map 911/119 remind me of police (thanks to boxer for teaching me about 119 :/) Very interesting thought on words vs numbers. Never really considered dates as numbers for some reason, more like symbols/icons. Words aren't generally as universal since they're language specific and other contexts even within that language. It happens to a degree with dates (other things associated with that date), but less so with the year. I dont know 9-2 but I do l know 1945. | ||
thedeadhaji
39489 Posts
I might be the opposite because I grew up in a super safe neighborhood and have literally never called 911 in my life... | ||
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iSometric
2221 Posts
On November 14 2011 08:42 thedeadhaji wrote: 3-11, 7-4, 8-9, 8-15, 9-2, 9-11, 11-9, 12-7 Crossposted from main blog 7-4 4th of July 8-9 So close to an A 8-15 full moon 9-11 Porsche Carrera | ||
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Dfgj
Singapore5922 Posts
On November 15 2011 10:44 thedeadhaji wrote: interesting that so many people think of 911 as the emergency number before the date. I might be the opposite because I grew up in a super safe neighborhood and have literally never called 911 in my life... A lot of people had made the association to the number long before the event came about. I'd also wager that you'd get a different answer between referring to it as 911 and 9/11 (nine-one-one vs nine-eleven), as one is a telephone number, one is clearly a date. | ||
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ironchef
Canada1350 Posts
On November 15 2011 11:25 Dfgj wrote: A lot of people had made the association to the number long before the event came about. I'd also wager that you'd get a different answer between referring to it as 911 and 9/11 (nine-one-one vs nine-eleven), as one is a telephone number, one is clearly a date. Yeah. I've never really used or think about about calling 911 regularly, just learned it earlier and it is pretty ingrained. Agreed on the 911 vs 9-11 or 9/11 thing too. Also, I might be totally wrong on this, but some people just call it "September 11." I forget which show, but the British hosts were actually remarking (in an 'interesting fact' manner) at the use of "nine-eleven" by Americans. Maybe partially since they use DD/MM/YY or whatever. Not that they dont know about the term 9/11, but the specific number might not be as drilled into the consciousness. | ||
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