Another Special Day with the Boys

Today, September 9, 2009 (09-09-09), father, son and grandsons shared another special day. They proclaim special days when the day, month and year are the same digit. The first special day with the twins was last year on 08-08-08. The special day tradition started many years ago when the Edds owned a hardware store with an early computerized cash register. Each morning they would have to set the date on the machine, and the date July 7, 1977 (7-7-77) struck the father and son as a “special day” because it was all 7’s. They noted at the time that they’d have to wait 11 years, 1 month and 1 day for the next all-digit date. The two celebrated “special days” together on August 8, 1988 (8-8-88) and September 9, 1999 (9-9-99). Less than 16 months later they celebrated another “special day” on January 1, 2001 (1-1-1). In this decade these “special days” occur more frequently, every year and a month and a day.