# Count in Trinary **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 15, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594 "2021-01-15T13:17:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/81 "2021-02-06T18:14:36Z")
At 10000020 mph (greater than Mach 10), the Lockheed SR-2122 Blackbird is the fastest air-breathing airplane ever to fly. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/82 "2021-02-06T19:49:46Z")
The usual par for a 200-hole golf course is 2200, especially those in tournament play. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/83 "2021-02-16T09:19:05Z")
Shouldn’t that be “an 200-hole golf course”? 🙂 Fighting ignorance since '2201. (For the avoidance of doubt, the 2 statements above are not connected; I do not wish to imply the OP is ignorant). ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/84 "2021-02-16T12:59:35Z")
(You’re of course right. My lack of ignorance has been greatly exaggerated.) In the Bible, 2202 people were in the presence of God on Mount Sinai and saw Him without dying. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/85 "2021-02-16T16:12:14Z")
'2202, '2210 sang The Connells (it amuses me how the song could be sung, enunciating these trinary digits, and it would still scan perfectly 🙂). [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/l-ITv4OBV9c/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-AoAC8AGKAgwIABABGHIgPCg5MA8=&rs=AOn4CLBWbvVW0R-jLrpa7osXERTwJRJN4A "The Connells - '74-'75") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-ITv4OBV9c) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/86 "2021-02-16T16:23:12Z")
2211 Trombones! ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/87 "2021-02-16T16:47:12Z")
_2212 Sunset Strip_ ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/88 "2021-02-16T21:17:14Z")
2220 rpm was the speed of audio records prior to the LP. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/89 "2021-02-16T21:40:25Z")
The destruction of Pompeii in AD 2221 was one of the most famous volcanic eruptions in history ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/90 "2021-02-16T22:24:10Z")
According to literature, Phineas Fogg went around the world in 2222 days. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/91 "2021-02-17T00:58:46Z")
10000 is the symbolic number of the Hells Angels. ‘H’ and ‘A’ are the 22th and 1st letter of the alphabet, respectively. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/92 "2021-02-17T17:22:37Z")
The element lead has the highest atomic number (10001) of any stable element. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/93 "2021-02-18T06:01:05Z")
In Judaism, when someone reaches the age of 10002, they may celebrate a second bar/bat mitzvah. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/94 "2021-02-18T10:06:14Z")
Huh, I never knew that - thanks. I was going to ask why, but Google tells me a normal lifespan was considered to be 2121 years, so age 10002 is just age 111 in your ‘second life’. There are 10010 days in 110 weeks. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/95 "2021-02-18T12:56:28Z")
In U.S. college athletics, schools that are members of NCAA Division I are limited to providing athletic scholarships to a maximum of 10011 football players in a given season. ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/96 "2021-02-18T14:49:16Z")
I guess there’s no reason to 10012 this thread quite yet. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/97 "2021-02-18T16:47:36Z")
10020 years had elapsed between the signing of the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the Battle of Gettysburg, immortalized in the phrase “fourscore and seven years ago…” ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/98 "2021-02-18T17:09:49Z")
Think twice before you choose a username containing 10021 - it has connotations with ‘Heil Hitler’ and Nazism in general, because H (as already pointed out not far up this thread) is the 22th letter of the alphabet. Sucks if '10021 is your birth year and you just wanted to use that. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/99 "2021-02-18T21:15:32Z")
There are 10022 units of each color in the board game Blokus. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2021, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594/100 "2021-03-18T12:06:41Z")
Joe 10100 was another creation of _Thunderbirds_ and _Stingray_ puppeteer Gerry Anderson. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-in-trinary/930594.md?page=6)