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On microwaves, I prefer multiples of 9. I'll type "63" seconds instead of 1 minute. If I need to stop something, I try to do so at a multiple of 9.

Golf is a game played over 9 or 18 holes (or multiples thereof), so it's all good - multiples of both 9 and, for 18-hole rounds, 6 too.

When I have to set an alarm clock, I set the minutes to a multiple of 9. :27 is my favorite (for :30, because 36 is too late).

Baseball has nine innings. 27 batters come to the plate in a perfect game. Innings require 6 outs.

In iTunes, with Synergy, there are 16 levels available. I almost always decrease volume to 12/16 or 8/16. Occasionally I use 2/16, but that's because 4/16 is still too loud for background music. I never use odd numbers.

I like multiples of five on my A/V receiver. 45 is the typical volume, but 40 and 35 are acceptable… unless I feel like using 36, which is also a multiple of both 6 and 9. Same with my VW car stereo: the only acceptable volumes are 10, 15, or 20. My Aztek groups volumes into threes with little tick marks, so a partially filled tick mark isn't acceptable.

Andy Van Slyke wore #18 for the Pirates. I wonder how much that led to him being my favorite baseball player. I wear #18 for my hockey team, currently, and Mario Lemieux and I shared #66 - he for the Penguins, of course, and me on my college hockey team.

I almost always stick to full f-stops in photography, despite enabling 1/3 stops instead of 1/2 - the latter would save me some clicking around. No idea why.

I wonder if there are others I can't think of. I don't particularly care what number golf ball I play.

I don't truly care about any of these things, and I'm a long way from demanding them, but I definitely prefer them.

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