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From: YourName@YourISP.com
On 2026-02-18 02:58:39 +0000, Fred Ellis said:
> On 2/17/26 8:00 AM, The Doctor wrote:
>> In article <6kKdnUxMbK1gdw70nZ2dnZfqn_GdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
>> Fred Ellis wrote:
>>> On 2/16/26 9:46 PM, The Doctor wrote:
>>>> In article ,
>>>> Fred Ellis wrote:
>>>>> On 2/16/26 2:07 AM, Mickmane wrote:
>>>>>> On 13.02.26, Blueshirt wrote:
>>>>>>> Nomen Nescio wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://cordcuttersnews.com/babylon-5-is-now-free-to-watch-on-youtube/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> YouTube is the future of TV shows it seems!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I won't object! :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyone found episode 2, "Midnight on the Firing Line?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a complete set of 'Babylon 5' DVDs, The episode 'Midnight On The
>>>>> Firing Line' is on disk 1, episode 1. The original air date is 1/26/94.
>>>>
>>>> You must be from the USA.
>>>
>>> Rodger on that. I have been a big fan of the show from the first day I
>>> saw it.
>>
>> Noted the wrong date format of MM/DD/YYYY . The real format
>> is DD/MM/YYYY .
>
> The Doctor, I agree with you. I don't understand why here in the U.S.
> they do the date ass-backwards. When I was in the Army the date was
> Day/Month/Year. To me it made logical sense.
>
> On the DVD box the date was listed Month/Day/Year, instead of
> Day/Month/Year. Oh well, I could never understand why the date is done
> that way.
Basically because Americans are too lazy to say the word "of".
Proper English: "Today is the 18th of February, 2026."
American 'English': "Today is February 18th, 2026."
-)
The real problem is that, like everything else, the rest of the world
is switching over to the silly Americanised dates. For example, the
local New Zealand Herald newspaper always has the date ass-backwards.
:-(
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