Today’s date is special...
By sishy7
@sishy7 (27169)
Australia
October 6, 2016 11:50am CST
# 40
Palindrome is a word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same backwards as forwards. 
Some examples are: “madam”, “nurses run”, and my favorite “A man, a plan, a canal, Panama”. 
Today’s date is a palindromic number, 6 10 2016 - reverse the digits and it’s symmetrical. 
Of course it won’t work for those in the States who write dates in the form of MM/DD/YYYY. 
But then again, the US of A has its own unit system that is different than the rest of the world, such as: temperature is measured in Fahrenheit instead of Celsius, weight is measured in pounds and ounces instead of kg, feet and inches are used instead of metric system, or distance is measured in miles instead of km. 
So today I’m just going to savor the specialness of the date – who knows if I’ll still be here to annoy everyone of another palindromic number on the 7th of October next year... 
Have a nice day! 
Image credit: Pixabay
Some examples are: “madam”, “nurses run”, and my favorite “A man, a plan, a canal, Panama”.
Today’s date is a palindromic number, 6 10 2016 - reverse the digits and it’s symmetrical.
Of course it won’t work for those in the States who write dates in the form of MM/DD/YYYY.
But then again, the US of A has its own unit system that is different than the rest of the world, such as: temperature is measured in Fahrenheit instead of Celsius, weight is measured in pounds and ounces instead of kg, feet and inches are used instead of metric system, or distance is measured in miles instead of km.
So today I’m just going to savor the specialness of the date – who knows if I’ll still be here to annoy everyone of another palindromic number on the 7th of October next year...
Have a nice day!
Image credit: Pixabay25 people like this
21 responses
I like that one too! 
@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
6 Oct 16
First time I heard of the word palindrome so I learned something new, what I am familiar with are magic square words, think they are somewhat similar although words in magic squares at times do not mean anything.
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
7 Oct 16
@jstory07 So they would have us believe... 
Actually, for all the sci-fi hoohah and 50 years of Star Trek, I wonder how they were meant to have managed with different standards for measurement? The language alone would be challenging. At least the Moon appears to have been uninhabited...
Actually, for all the sci-fi hoohah and 50 years of Star Trek, I wonder how they were meant to have managed with different standards for measurement? The language alone would be challenging. At least the Moon appears to have been uninhabited...1 person likes this
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
17 Oct 16
those days used to seem special to me, I totally missed this one though
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@annierose (19230)
• Philippines
7 Oct 16
Wow! Those are good learnings. You are a great teacher today. I learned interesting ideas from you and I enjoyed it a lot. 
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@DianneN (247191)
• United States
9 Oct 16
Very cool! I certainly knew about palindromes, since I taught them in school. Although I am an American, I have had to use your way of writing dates when traveling to foreign countries. I have a laminated card in my wallet for Celcius that I only use when traveling. Thank goodness for the Internet when I travel! England was great, because they use miles. Looking forward to the 7th of October next year!
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
7 Oct 16
Wish you a nice palindromic day too.
The Indian language from the state of Kerela is a palindrome-----Malayalam
and there is .....Madam I'm Adam
The Indian language from the state of Kerela is a palindrome-----Malayalam
and there is .....Madam I'm Adam1 person likes this
