-=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 30-Sep-2017 04:16 <=-   
      
    NB>> the older ones were definitely smoother and nicer than the   
    NB>> younger ones...   
      
    MK> Sounds good to me, especially considering it will be the older one   
    MK> this time around.  I almost bought the 18 year old to make up for my   
    MK> mistake of waiting too long last time but I believe I did the right   
    MK> thing this time around.   
      
   Probably best to not strain the budget.... :)  I suppose you might want   
   to consider saving your pennies for the 2024 special cybertoast, and   
   maybe get an 18 yo for that one...  :)   
      
    MK> However next time it will probably be the   
    MK> usual 12 year old although there is plenty of time before then to   
    MK> change my mind.  Who knows, I may break with tradition and try   
    MK> something different such as an Oban.  :-)    
      
   I'm sure that by next time, I'll still be on the bottle I just   
   purchased... they tend to last me for years...  :)   
      
    NB>> And since the countdown is only in days   
      
    MK> It makes it easier given I am using the standard Unix time in seconds   
    MK> for both the future and the present datetime stamp and then dividing   
    MK> the result by 86400 seconds/day to obtain the floor (no fractional   
    MK> part) which doesn't need to concern itself with leap seconds and other   
    MK> such oddities.  From this angle it appears to be working like a charm   
      
   That it does..  ;)   
      
    MK> although I have yet to come up with special output (tagline) for when   
    MK> there are 0 days.  Looks to me like there are 93 days left before I   
    MK> *have* to come up with something.    
      
   A little less now, of course... but plenty of time still... :)  You'll   
   probably come up with something by then...  :)   
      
    MK> I am sure the actual toast msg will   
    MK> be done the same way as prior toasts as they kept me pn my toes and   
    MK> were well within seconds of the allocated time.    
      
   Right... no automation there....  :)   
      
   ttyl     neb   
      
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