Back in March, I rambled on about why I use the number \u201c30\u201d at the end of each blog entry. If you really don\u2019t know, and are interested, you can check it out in the archives. Thirty is an interesting number, not just because I use it to end my blog\u2026 Before most clocks became digital, the number 30 was very important to a clock\u2026 a clock face is divided into 12 sections (hours) around the circle that makes up the face. The circle is 360 degrees. If you divide 360 by 12 you get \u2014 30. Thirty is also half of 60, the number of minutes in an hour and the number of seconds in a minute. They say you can\u2019t trust anyone over 30 and even the Bible weighs in on the importance of the number \u2014 Christ was 30 when he began his public ministry on earth and Christ was sold out by Judas for 30 pieces of silver. Noah\u2019s Ark was 30 cubits high. There was a 30-year war (from 1618 to 1648.) And if that\u2019s not enough, the atomic number of Zinc is 30.<\/p>\n
As important and impressive as 30 is, my favorite number has always \u2014well, maybe not always but for at least a long time \u2014 been 33.
\nDuring the Vietnam War, the local beer of South Vietnam was Ba Moui Ba or Biere 33. The label had a big \u201c33\u201d on it. And while on the subject of beer, the Rolling Rock Beer Co. uses what they call \u201cThe 33 Mystery.\u201d The number 33 appears on all their bottles and supposedly means 3 things. You can check their web site or call the company and find out that the 3 things refer to the repeal of prohibition in 1933 and there are 33 words in the paragraph on the bottles \u2014 and \u2014 there are 33 letters in the list of ingredients. This isn\u2019t where I originally was headed with this blog, but I find it interesting that there is a huge disagreement over the 33 on the Rolling Rock bottle. Some of the theories are:
\n\u2022 The reservoir that was used by the brewery for its main water source was fed by 33 streams.
\n\u2022 The brewery workers were members of the Local #33 union.
\n\u2022 There were exactly 33 steps from the brewmaster\u2019s office to the brewing floor.
\n\u2022 The Rolling Rock brewery was started with money won at the horse track (the winning bet was placed on #33 and that\u2019s why there is a horse and the \u201c33\u201d on the bottle.)
\n\u2022 It was the 33rd version of the recipe that became what is now Rolling Rock.<\/p>\n
Anyhow, back to 33 \u2014 the Hershey company has the capacity to make about 33 million Hershey\u2019s Kisses a day.
\nGroundhog Day occurs on February 2, the 33rd day of the year \u2014 that means there are 332 days left in the year, so if you count backwards from the year\u2019s end, it\u2019s the 333rd day.
\nThe U.S Air Force\u2019s first jet trainer was the T-33 Shooting Star.
\nThe Russian alphabet has 33 letters.
\nThe State of Texas Constitution states, \u201cThe Senate shall consist of 33 Senators, and no more.\u201d
\nThe chicken in the background of the \u201cThe Simpsons\u201d has the number 33 as its wing. Baseball\u2019s longest game (Rochester Red Wings vs. Pawtucket Red Sox – April, 1981) lasted 33 innings.
\n\u2022\u2022\u2022 Roswell, New Mexico is located at 33\u00aa [37\u2019] N latitude. \u2022\u2022\u2022
\nCalifornia has 33 state prisons. The Republic of China has 33 regions. Mexico has 33 states.
\nThe BBC World Service news website offers news in 33 languages.
\nThe first Powerball jackpot over 1 million dollars \u2014 the Powerball number was 33. Michelangelo was 33 years old when he started work on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
\n33 is the atomic number for arsenic. Jesus was 33 when he was crucified in 33 A.D. and 33 is the numerical equivalent of AMEN \u2014 1+13+5+14 = 33.<\/p>\n
Possibly my fondness for 33 can be traced back to Indian heritage. According to Apache belief, \u201c\u2026 from the time of the Harmonic Convergence (1987) until 2020, we\u2019ll be in the chaos of the world, like a red ray leaving and a purple ray trying to get a foothold\u2026 There will be such imbalance that everyday will be a juggling act \u2014 a challenge to remain in harmony and not be thrown off by the chaos of these two powerful energies, war and peace. This is a 33-year cycle.\u201d
\nSo we just need to hang in there for a few more years.
\nAnd if all that isn\u2019t enough to make my favorite number double 3\u2019s, We got married when I was \u2014 33.
\n\u2014 30 \u2014<\/p>\n
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