palindromemordnilap OT

[Susan Kline]

Not only is a palindromic year highly unusual (always room to exclaim over
a palindrome ...) but for the first time in recorded history I've entered
all my business mileage for the previous year into a computer file by 
January 1st.
Not sure I can stand the shock.

Susan

At 10:35 PM 1/1/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>Just in case no one had noticed, I thought I'd point out that this year
>2002 is rather special, in that it is a palindrome. The last one we saw was
>1991, and the next will be in 2112. As you can see there are significant
>"dry spells" between such events, so feel free to whoop it up a little if
>the mood strikes you. Seeing two palindrome years in a lifetime is a rather
>rare event. The last time anyone under 110 years old got this treat was in
>1001, and they only had to wait two years for theirs. Of course some of
>them had already seen three or more by then and probably weren't that
>impressed anymore anyway.
>
>For what it's worth.
>Ron N