Hey Nancy!   
      
    NB> the older ones were definitely smoother and nicer than the   
    NB> younger ones...   
      
   Sounds good to me, especially considering it will be the older one this time   
   around.  I almost bought the 18 year old to make up for my mistake of waiting   
   too long last time but I believe I did the right thing this time around.    
   However next time it will probably be the usual 12 year old although there is   
   plenty of time before then to change my mind.  Who knows, I may break with   
   tradition and try something different such as an Oban.  :-)   
      
    NB> And since the countdown is only in days   
      
   It makes it easier given I am using the standard Unix time in seconds for both   
   the future and the present datetime stamp and then dividing the result by   
   86400 seconds/day to obtain the floor (no fractional part) which doesn't need   
   to concern itself with leap seconds and other such oddities.  From this angle   
   it appears to be working like a charm although I have yet to come up with   
   special output (tagline) for when there are 0 days.  Looks to me like there   
   are 93 days left before I *have* to come up with something.  I am sure the   
   actual toast msg will be done the same way as prior toasts as they kept me pn   
   my toes and were well within seconds of the allocated time.   
      
   Life is good,   
   Maurice   
      
   ... Future cybertoasts of note:   
       2018-01-01 is   93 days from now and falls on a Monday.   
       2024-11-05 is 2593 days from now and falls on a Tuesday.   
   --- GNU bash, version 4.4.12(1)-release (x86_64-silvermont-linux-gnu)   
    * Origin: Pointy Stick Society - Ladysmith BC, Canada (1:153/7001.250)