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Happy 7-11. I miss PSM's annual accounts of her free Slurpee expeditions with her family. I hope they have continued the tradition. I think I'll cut my grass first, then go enjoy a free Slurpee. You should too!

TheConfessor wrote:Happy 7-11. I miss PSM's annual accounts of her free Slurpee expeditions with her family. I hope they have continued the tradition. I think I'll cut my grass first, then go enjoy a free Slurpee. You should too!

Are there Seven-11s in the U.K.? That's the only way she can continue the tradition this year.

Looks like they have limited the free Slurpees to an 8 hour window, between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. I think that's new.

But if you download their app, you can get more free junk food each day for the next week.
https://www.7-eleven.com/7-Eleven-Day

Bob Juch wrote:

TheConfessor wrote:Happy 7-11. I miss PSM's annual accounts of her free Slurpee expeditions with her family. I hope they have continued the tradition. I think I'll cut my grass first, then go enjoy a free Slurpee. You should too!

Are there Seven-11s in the U.K.? That's the only way she can continue the tradition this year.

Apparently there used to be 7-Elevens in the UK, but they went out of business in the 80s or 90s, but they're coming back.
http://www.conveniencestore.co.uk/news/ ... 78.article

TheConfessor wrote:

Bob Juch wrote:

TheConfessor wrote:Happy 7-11. I miss PSM's annual accounts of her free Slurpee expeditions with her family. I hope they have continued the tradition. I think I'll cut my grass first, then go enjoy a free Slurpee. You should too!

Are there Seven-11s in the U.K.? That's the only way she can continue the tradition this year.

Apparently there used to be 7-Elevens in the UK, but they went out of business in the 80s or 90s, but they're coming back.
http://www.conveniencestore.co.uk/news/ ... 78.article

Today the Suchards are visiting the ghost of my 19th great grandfather, Henry de Percy, at Alnwick Castle.

Anyway, 7-Eleven Day in the UK would be November 7th, right?

TheConfessor wrote:Anyway, 7-Eleven Day in the UK would be November 7th, right?

That brings up something I always wondered.... why are dates often recorded as ddmmyy outside of the US? That makes absolutely no sense to me. Do non-Americans actually say "Today is the 11th of July" in regular conversation and not "Today is July 11th?" Or am I just living under my usual rock again as someone who never even leaves the Midwest....?

lb13

littlebeast13 wrote:

TheConfessor wrote:Anyway, 7-Eleven Day in the UK would be November 7th, right?

That brings up something I always wondered.... why are dates often recorded as ddmmyy outside of the US? That makes absolutely no sense to me. Do non-Americans actually say "Today is the 11th of July" in regular conversation and not "Today is July 11th?" Or am I just living under my usual rock again as someone who never even leaves the Midwest....?

lb13

Yep, you're living under your rock again. They often say just "11 July" (in their native language of course).

littlebeast13 wrote:

TheConfessor wrote:Anyway, 7-Eleven Day in the UK would be November 7th, right?

That brings up something I always wondered.... why are dates often recorded as ddmmyy outside of the US? That makes absolutely no sense to me. Do non-Americans actually say "Today is the 11th of July" in regular conversation and not "Today is July 11th?" Or am I just living under my usual rock again as someone who never even leaves the Midwest....?

lb13

If you're tying to put events in chronological order, it would more sense to list them in the format yyyymmdd, since the most significant digits come first.

Bob Juch wrote:[Today the Suchards are visiting the ghost of my 19th great grandfather, Henry de Percy, at Alnwick Castle.

I hope your 19th great grandfather is being hospitable!

TheConfessor wrote:

littlebeast13 wrote:

TheConfessor wrote:Anyway, 7-Eleven Day in the UK would be November 7th, right?

That brings up something I always wondered.... why are dates often recorded as ddmmyy outside of the US? That makes absolutely no sense to me. Do non-Americans actually say "Today is the 11th of July" in regular conversation and not "Today is July 11th?" Or am I just living under my usual rock again as someone who never even leaves the Midwest....?

lb13

If you're trying to put events in chronological order, it would more sense to list them in the format yyyymmdd, since the most significant digits come first.

Yes, but we're computer nerds.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

Bob Juch wrote:Today the Suchards are visiting the ghost of my 19th great grandfather, Henry de Percy, at Alnwick Castle.

I hope your 19th great grandfather is being hospitable!

I hope he scared the crap out of them.

I indulged in a raspberry cream soda Slurpee today.

I am going to hell

littlebeast13 wrote:

TheConfessor wrote:Anyway, 7-Eleven Day in the UK would be November 7th, right?

That brings up something I always wondered.... why are dates often recorded as ddmmyy outside of the US? That makes absolutely no sense to me. Do non-Americans actually say "Today is the 11th of July" in regular conversation and not "Today is July 11th?" Or am I just living under my usual rock again as someone who never even leaves the Midwest....?

lb13

Because the rest of the world is right, that's why..

1st day of the 7th month of the 2014 year... 1/7/2014