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Re: When should the 2000 Catalogue Appear?
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lugnet.general
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Sat, 2 Oct 1999 00:04:10 GMT
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Gary Williams (graywolf@pcpros.net) wrote:
: Sanjay D'Souza wrote in message ...
: >Ummm.....I wonder who will have the distinction of being the first to
: >uncover the first LEGO catalogue of the new millennium.....no doubt
: >something to tell your grandchildren about.....sort of like
: >
: ><in a frail old voice...>
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: >"....I wash de firsh person to find dish century's firsh LEGO
: catalogue....I
: >posted a post on what wash then LUGNET but ish now de Lehman NewsView
: >Megaboard...."
: The 21st century, 3rd millenium, and the next decade begin in 2001, not 2000
: :) (since there was no year "zero", the first year of the first
: era/millennium/century/decade is xxx1 AD, not xxx0 AD.).
: Sorry to nitpick. :)
But there wasn't a year 1 either. In fact I don't think they started
counting until 50 or later. Then there's the theory that Jesus
was actually born about -3 or -4. In other words dating something
with .05% accuracy that happened about 2000 years ago isn't easy.
SO I hope you won't be sitting at home while the rest of us celebrate
all the zeros turning over :-)
-Bill (Now should I celebrate EST of PST or GMT or...)
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 | | Re: When should the 2000 Catalogue Appear?
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| (...) Before sending this off to lugnet.off.topic, I wanted to add one thing about when the ANNO DOMINI method of year counting stared. From what I remember about a 6 part PBS (USA public television channel) series called "Legacy" with Michael Wood (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: When should the 2000 Catalogue Appear?
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| Sanjay D'Souza wrote in message ... (...) catalogue....I (...) The 21st century, 3rd millenium, and the next decade begin in 2001, not 2000 :) (since there was no year "zero", the first year of the first era/millennium/century/decade is xxx1 AD, (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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