Marching to Beat of . . . Numbers

BY THE NUMBERS

By The Numbers, a look at what’s in the news . . . by the numbers. These are just numbers, not suggestions that they mean more or less than what they are. We do not suggest that one number is connected to another. These are simply facts with no extraneous details, bias or slanted reporting. To borrow (and perhaps mangle a bit) a quote from legendary fictional detective Joe Friday, it’s just the numbers, ma’am!

Look at the calendar, it’s March! (Unless you forgot to turn the page, in which case you might still think it’s February. But no, there aren’t 30 days in February – so get going!) The wonderful month of March is when we really start seeing some nicer weather (hopefully) and we re-set our clocks (unfortunately) and we enjoy some Pi (no, not sugar cream – the mathematical version). So it seems to us like March is all about numbers, which is as good a reason as any to take a closer look at March . . . by the numbers!

31 days Has March

Let’s break it down! That’s 744 hours which is 44,640 minutes which is 2,678,400 seconds. Want to coordinate stopwatches? OK, ready, set, mark!

3-20-26

First day of spring, or the spring equinox, takes place on March 20 at 10:46 a.m.

12 to 67 to infinity and beyond

Did you know the month of March is named for the Roman god of  War, Mars? How many Roman gods were there? Well, a lot. We know there were 12 main gods, 20 principal gods and 67 named deities. But in reality, the Romans seemed to have a god for everything so there were bunches.

3-8-26

Like it, hate it, love it or whatever, we still move the clocks ahead one hour on March 8 at 2 a.m. Spring forward friends! Can’t wait . . . right?

238

We get that hour back on Nov. 1, some 238 days from now. And who says you can’t catch up on sleep!

139

For those who can’t wait for summer, sorry. June 21 (which is when summer begins this year) is still 139 days away.

1983

Want to feel old . . . or maybe outdated. It was on this date in 1983 when  CDs and  CD players were first released. Yup, vinyl, 8-tracks, cassettes were all more or less replaced by CDs then. And today, young folks wouldn’t know what a CD was if it got caught in the sunlight and glared all over their faces.

58

That’s how old James Bond (Daniel Craig) turns today. Even worse, Jon Bon Jovi turns 64 today. We need a nap now!

3.1415926535 89793 . . .

March 14 is celebrated as National Pi Day.  If you don’t recall what Pi is, join the club. But our “friendly” AI companion tells us that it represents the everlasting ratio of any circle’s circumference. And if you don’t know exactly what that means, ask your own AI!