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Geoff
11-09-2003, 18:50
WTC attack date: 9/11
Emergency number: 911

Coincidence? It had never occured to me until just now.
DaBouncer
11-09-2003, 18:55
You're living in the past... thats sooooo yesterdays news mate!

There have been referrences to that since day one.

Anyway, would just like to take this opportunity to share a thought for all those lives that were lost in that incident.

God Speed!
Phanerothyme
11-09-2003, 19:56
not coincidence Senor Gonzalez!
Hodge
12-09-2003, 10:33
[Stupid, flippant, dumb-ass, inconsiderate comment removed by me]
DaBouncer
12-09-2003, 10:34
.....................Funny!:x
tinajones
12-09-2003, 10:53
almost as bad as making references to 9-11 shops, where the obese americans go and buy doughnuts.
Lindseyw
12-09-2003, 10:55
Originally posted by Hodge
What happened on the 9th November?

OOh not even a little bit funny..:x
Geoff
12-09-2003, 10:59
Originally posted by Hodge
What happened on the 9th November?
I guess you skipped over the part which said WTC attack - so even if you thought it was November - then you wouldn't have needed to ask what happened :roll:
alchresearch
12-09-2003, 11:49
Originally posted by tinajones
almost as bad as making references to 9-11 shops, where the obese americans go and buy doughnuts.

Don't you mean 7/11?
Hodge
12-09-2003, 15:55
It wasn't intended as a joke, and has offended, for which I apologise sincerely :(

I'm not sure what I meant to be honest - I suppose I was just wondering why we have adopted a different numerical date format (as opposed to saying 11/9). On reflection, it was incredibly flippant, I shouldn't have posted it, and have inadvertently dug a hole from which I probably can't get out.

Once again, I did not intend to offend, but the damage is done. My sincere apologies.
max
12-09-2003, 16:40
It's we Brits who are awkward when it comes to date formats. The international format is ccyymmdd and is being increasingly adopted as the standard because computers can sort it more easily.

Yawn, boring, blah, blah ....
PaulTansley
13-09-2003, 07:50
Originally posted by Hodge
It wasn't intended as a joke, and has offended, for which I apologise sincerely :(

I'm not sure what I meant to be honest - I suppose I was just wondering why we have adopted a different numerical date format (as opposed to saying 11/9). On reflection, it was incredibly flippant, I shouldn't have posted it, and have inadvertently dug a hole from which I probably can't get out.

Once again, I did not intend to offend, but the damage is done. My sincere apologies. Ah lighten up Hodge, not a problem, we all upset folk on different occations on here, no doubt some would find your comment amusing to.
Geoff
13-09-2003, 09:53
Yeah, I didn't really get offended by it - my comment about the fact it included a subject whatever the date format - was just an evil :twisted: attempt to ruin your joke further :lol:

Us British our thicker skinned that those across the pond 8)
spook
13-09-2003, 16:55
not strictly related but.....
911 is also the american emergency services number. Ours is obviously 999. In Europe it's 112. If you ring 112 here you still get connected to the emergency services. BUT, if you dial 911 you don't. I would've thought 911 was better known than 112 due to the all pervading Yank culture - yet 911 is not accepted. Weird non?
t020
14-09-2003, 00:10
To be fair to Hodge, in Britain our usual date format is Day-Month-Year, i.e. 11/9/2001, making it 11/9 to us. Yet another Americanism we will no doubt adopt into our language.