Marged, The good old US of A will miss out, "that figures"?:-)) Mikey. 11.21.2000. ----- Original Message ----- From: Marged <marged@btinternet.com> To: <NORTHERN-ENGLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 5:38 PM Subject: [NTH-ENG] THE DATE > Watch out on 20th January next year - we will write it as 20.01.2001 > > I find that sort of thing interesting, especially since I remember the teacher > at school saying "Remember when you write this date, because it will never be > written like this again. 12.3.45" > > Of course, we didn't put noughts in in those days (well, we had to make it work, > didn't we). > > > Marj > > Always looking for: > INGHAM, FISCHER, BENTLEY, > HUGHES, PEACOCK, MOUNIER, LATINIER > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.211 / Virus Database: 100 - Release Date: 14/11/00 > > > ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the list in mail mode send a message to > NORTHERN-ENGLAND-L-request@rootsweb.com > that contains the word unsubscribe and nothing else. > If you are in digest mode, then send the command instead to > NORTHERN-ENGLAND-D-request@rootsweb.com >