Hey Nancy!   
      
    NB> I wouldn't mind a different countdown...  like Henri, I don't   
    NB> drink beer...   
      
   Also there is a conflict starting on Sep 24, 2024 where according to the   
   2024-11-05 cybertoast there are only 42 bottles of beer on the wall whereas   
   the 2025-01-01 cybertoast will start it's countdown at 99 bottles of beer on   
   the wall.  This conflict will carry on until Nov 6, 2024 when there will be   
   only 56 bottles of beer on the wall.  I think a shorter countdown would be the   
   answer, if indeed we even want a countdown.  I think the tagline is sufficient   
   now that we know that it works.   
      
    MK>> Dropping the 's' from '1 days' looks and sounds better methinks.   
      
    NB> Quite agreed...  :)   
      
   Excellent.  I am glad I caught it when I did.   
      
    MK>> "Tue Jan  1 02:00:00 UTC 2019"   
      
    NB> Wouldn't that have still been 2018 in the UTC header...?   
      
   Good eye!  Yes it would have.  Also it should have been "Tue Jan  2 02:00:00   
   UTC 2018".  That is what happens when hand editting while having a senior's   
   moment.  :-/   
      
   ----- ':read !date --date="Mon Jan  1 21:00:00 EST 2018"' starts   
   Tue Jan  2 02:00:00 UTC 2018   
   ----- ':read !date --date="Mon Jan  1 21:00:00 EST 2018"' ends   
      
   Obviously Little Mikey's Brain knows what to do.  However the header's format   
   was "02 Jan 18  02:00:00" which of course is extremely lame, not to mention   
   obsolete.   
      
    NB> Offline wouldn't be updated in any case   
      
   It could be.  There is nothing I've seen that stands in the way of progess   
   other than abandonment.  I've seen speculation on a UTF-8 capable Bluewave   
   editor and if that is possible then why not an up to date datetime stamp   
   format?  All the formats I am currently deploying can be created by any proper   
   date application the uses the strftime() function which is extremely   
   portable.  Heck even half-assed Microsoft apps can do that!  :::evil grin:::   
      
    NB> And it's worse farther east than we are   
      
   It's headline news here in the west.   
      
    NB> How far from you is that....?   
      
   Just across the Strait, about 25kms as the crow flies, is the Fraser delta.    
   The ice storm happened further up the valley (Abottsford) which is at a higher   
   elevation than Vancouver proper.  The latest news is there are still some   
   customers without power as we speak.  I think at it's worst there were over   
   100,000 customers without power for at least 24 hours after the storm hit.   
      
    NB> Did you get the snow...?   
      
   Some overnight but not much.  Not enough to cause any grief thank goodness.    
   The mountains sure look nice.   
      
   Life is good,   
   Maurice   
      
   ... Future cybertoasts of note:   
       2019-01-01 is  361 days from now and falls on a Tuesday.   
       2024-11-05 is 2496 days from now and falls on a Tuesday.   
   --- GNU bash, version 4.4.12(1)-release (x86_64-silvermont-linux-gnu)   
    * Origin: Little Mikey's Brain - Ladysmith BC, Canada (1:153/7001)