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   Message 90,371 of 90,437   
   David Dalton to All   
   Re: 9:55   
   22 Oct 25 00:31:19   
   
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   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   On Oct 21, 2025, jojo wrote   
   (in article):   
      
   > David Dalton wrote:   
   > > New moon here will be at 9:55 a.m. Tuesday local time.   
   > >   
   > > Today on my walk home from Mary’s I stopped in at   
   > > Dollarama to get some stuff for another sister. I got   
   > > a 173 g bag of snack-sized candy bars and four regular   
   > > sized chocolate bars. The total with 15% tax was $9.55.   
   > >   
   > > I consider that significant since 55 has been my lucky   
   > > or recurring number and 55 in Roman numerals is LV   
   > > which I take to mean LOVE, and also because of   
   > > the timing of new/dark moon.   
   > >   
   > > I plan to begin another global new age onset mystic   
   > > activation sequence at 9:55 a.m. Tuesday and will   
   > > list any required changes in a post to alt.religion.druid   
   > > just after that.   
   > >   
   > > However I have said that I don’t expect a correlation   
   > > with an existing religious holiday, and this will be   
   > > Diwali new/dark moon. (Diwali is celebrated by   
   > > Hindus, Jain, Sikhs, some Buddhists, and some   
   > > atheists.)   
   >   
   > 55 can also be vxxxxxx or lcv   
      
   Usually the shortest representation is the one   
   chosen, hence LV.   
      
   Some Muslims in Pakistan and India also celebrate   
   Diwali as a shared cultural celebration, but not as   
   a religious celebration.   
      
   --   
   https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)   
   “Early morning, jubilators, up to no good, instigators... Sons of long   
   forgotten races, that the darkest night embraces” (Ron Hynes & D.O’D)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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