tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808596250801819029.post314731307796930048..comments2023-10-29T10:12:23.088+00:00Comments on ...The Slightly Eccentric Diary of Rob Z Tobor...: The twelfth day of the twelfth month of 2012, the Montgolfier brothers and a rather nice curry Rob Z Toborhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03570498194207996145noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808596250801819029.post-15280124641130572822012-12-16T12:01:20.488+00:002012-12-16T12:01:20.488+00:00We have years like that ours was 1985 when we were...We have years like that ours was 1985 when we were all zapped and mashed up a bit (a lot) by a mad bloke in a car.<br /><br />Hope things resolve themselves Me ESB Rob Z Toborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03570498194207996145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808596250801819029.post-54747827455252325552012-12-16T07:34:22.468+00:002012-12-16T07:34:22.468+00:00That's because 2009 was such a terrible year. ...That's because 2009 was such a terrible year. I was glad when 2010 arrived. Even some of the few good things of 2009 I have recently found out are faLLing apart.esbbostonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09946279220170973147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808596250801819029.post-49493965310290456092012-12-15T11:35:39.717+00:002012-12-15T11:35:39.717+00:00Your memory is rather good Mr ESB, I would never r...Your memory is rather good Mr ESB, I would never remember anything like that. I am rather pleased if I remember things from more that two weeks ago and have been known to forget my own birthday. I feel that if I forget my birthday then I get to remain the same age as I was before my birthday only I cant remember what that is.......Rob Z Toborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03570498194207996145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808596250801819029.post-40421830106103925152012-12-14T16:38:47.711+00:002012-12-14T16:38:47.711+00:00Question Ababa-out Watch: since the time differenc...Question Ababa-out Watch: since the time difference is eXactly eight years plus two minutes, then you could leave your watch alone if you don't mind being off by two minutes. Then when you are sitting in an outdoor cafe in Paris or Seattle and your friend asks you, "Say, did you just get back from Addis Ababa?" you can reply, "No, <i>forward</i> from there." I mention Seattle because that is the only place I remember actuaLLy having lunch in an outdoor cafe, September of 2009, near Pike's Place, I believe that is the right name.esbbostonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09946279220170973147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808596250801819029.post-26768301218748458012012-12-13T15:51:28.361+00:002012-12-13T15:51:28.361+00:00Thanks Miss Lily I looked at that web page, it was...Thanks Miss Lily I looked at that web page, it was interesting And its prediction that the most likely thing to happen was that not much would happen was almost correct.<br /><br />It did however not anticipate your head imploding or that I would photograph the gateway to the Golden Yod, but then neither of those are things that could have been expected.Rob Z Toborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03570498194207996145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808596250801819029.post-67584230617259128132012-12-13T15:31:30.644+00:002012-12-13T15:31:30.644+00:00I am always pleased to see you pass by my blog, an...I am always pleased to see you pass by my blog, and am even more pleased that I have managed to cheer you up. I know you are a keen reader and reviewer of many books so cheering you up might mean I am slowly improving my writing as time slowly passesRob Z Toborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03570498194207996145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808596250801819029.post-28518942235335715812012-12-13T15:25:01.998+00:002012-12-13T15:25:01.998+00:00Yes Mr ESB you can have an 11-12-13 I dont know wh...Yes Mr ESB you can have an 11-12-13 I dont know what I was thinking about, I may have forgotten about November 12th all together due to a frozen head and brain.<br /><br />I thought it interesting that you were singing White Christmas in the voice of Richard Milhous Nixon, although I didn't know that his middle name was Milhous (is it short for Mill-house as in the old saying 'There's trouble at Mill'). In the old days you would have sung it like Bing Crosby before he became a Microsoft map.<br /><br />I was wondering if, as you enter and leave Ethiopia you have to adjust your watch by eight years . . .. Ooooo yes I also have things I would rather not do too but I usually end up having to do in the end. Rob Z Toborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03570498194207996145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808596250801819029.post-683310256068543592012-12-13T15:00:14.456+00:002012-12-13T15:00:14.456+00:00Ethiopia seem to use a very quirky calender indeed...Ethiopia seem to use a very quirky calender indeed I think they should be producing wall calenders on mass and flogging them to the rest of us. They even have 13 months although the 13th only has 5 or 6 days in it. Rob Z Toborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03570498194207996145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808596250801819029.post-56273651632952623392012-12-13T02:51:23.232+00:002012-12-13T02:51:23.232+00:00I tried to see if there was any significance to 12...I tried to see if there was any significance to 12-12-12 and Google came up with this,<br /><br />http://paradigmsearch.hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Interpret-121212-aka-12-12-12-aka-12_12_12-Wednesday-December-12-2012-And-a-Metaphysics-Experiment-121212<br /><br />And then my head imploded.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06418601369080683210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808596250801819029.post-17357813600021615962012-12-13T02:44:41.515+00:002012-12-13T02:44:41.515+00:00The post really cheered me up. Thanks.The post really cheered me up. Thanks.neerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01986509319841061021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808596250801819029.post-4122965174656482412012-12-12T23:18:06.218+00:002012-12-12T23:18:06.218+00:00Question: Why did you think we couldn't have a...Question: Why did you think we couldn't have an 11-12-13 in America next year?<br /><br />I prefer the South African format of YYYY.MM.DD HH24:MI<br /><br />That format along with 24 hr time format allows for easy time sorting of computer files simply by having things in alphabetical order.esbbostonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09946279220170973147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808596250801819029.post-39788732961934952212012-12-12T19:46:33.349+00:002012-12-12T19:46:33.349+00:00I had thought that maybe I could offer to broadcas...I had thought that maybe I could offer to broadcast current news to Ethiopia by way of the nearest star then beam the information back down to Ethiopia, but since the nearest star is 4.2 light years away, information wouldn't arrive in Ethiopia for 8.4 years, which would mean that it would seem 0.4 years older than Ethiopians are already used to, so I am not sure if this would be good for anything but it may eXplain why I was singing the song White Christmas in the voice of an elderly Richard Milhous Nixon right before I went into Wal-Mart yesterday evening. Luckily no one heard me.esbbostonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09946279220170973147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808596250801819029.post-21186500007490524822012-12-12T19:38:44.426+00:002012-12-12T19:38:44.426+00:00If Ethiopia is 8 years behind the rest of us, and ...If Ethiopia is 8 years behind the rest of us, and the iPad came out about 2 1/2 years ago, then does that mean they won't find out about this particular Apple product for another 5 1/2 years?!?!? I think I wiLL move to Ethiopia and set up a fortune teLLing service to predict their futures, which also means that I could then move back to anywhere else periodicaLLy and help people with their past, especiaLLy anything having to do with their eight years ago. Which also reminds me that I was s'pposed to do something a few hours ago but, weLL, lets pretend I forgot, as that is a nicer word than no I didn't reaLLy wanna do that so I didn't and learn to do it yourself, oh, sorry, that wasn't one word but (counting ....) 16. WeLL, I should go now and make something Ethiopian, like coffee.esbbostonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09946279220170973147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808596250801819029.post-37541007914808216742012-12-12T19:31:10.213+00:002012-12-12T19:31:10.213+00:00I never knew that Ethiopia had a different calende...I never knew that Ethiopia had a different calender. How odd and wonderful. <br />If the world does end on the 21st, does this mean that Ethiopia will have 8 years to get all it affairs and paper work in order before they finally blow up/ freeze or how ever its going to end?Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14381410202609567450noreply@blogger.com