[pianotech] happy New Year!

[Ron Nossaman]

On 1/1/2011 10:05 AM, Barbara Richmond wrote:
> Once in a lifetime?

For most of us, right.

Palindrome years are something more fun, I think. Unfortunately, we 
aren't likely to make it to the next one of those either.


 From 12/28/2002
> Listoids, As I pointed out at the beginning of this year, 2002 is
> rather special, in that it's number is a palindrome. The last one we
> saw was 1991, and the next will be 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, and while there is still
> time. Seeing two palindrome years in a lifetime is a rather rare
> event, and most of us likely won't last to see the next one. 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