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Re: When should the 2000 Catalogue Appear?
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 4 Oct 1999 15:16:29 GMT
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Bill Katz wrote:
> Gary Williams (graywolf@pcpros.net) wrote:
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> : 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...>
> : >
> : >"....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...."
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> : 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.).
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> : 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.
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> SO I hope you won't be sitting at home while the rest of us celebrate
> all the zeros turning over :-)
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> -Bill (Now should I celebrate EST of PST or GMT or...)
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 of Britian, the Anno Domini ("in the year of our
Lord") counting system used worldwide today was started by the Venerable Beade, an
8th century English monk (who wrote "The Ecclesiastic History of the English
People). I'm not sure what was used prior to that, perhaps a Roman time keeping
system of sorts.
And now for some LEGO...
From the mid 1950's until 1972 LEGO made individual number and letter embossed on
1x1x1 white bricks. These were available in service pack sets of about 50
bricks. These sets varied slightly (font size, font style, letter/number color,
etc) and were produced in various different set numbers before being discontinued
in 1972.
Gary Istok
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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