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new millenium bugs me
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Mon, 29 Nov 1999 21:58:41 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Paul Davidson writes:
> Of course, since the new millennium doesn't start until 2001, we have a year
> to discuss it. :)
YES!
This has really gotten to me of late- how come it's so simple to sit down with
someone and explain to them that if you have 10 things, and you count them ,
then the last one is 10, and if you have 2000 things, and you count them, then
the last one is 2000! The first year of the 21st century is 2001! Simple. You
can tell this to people 'til you're blue in the face and then ask them when
the new millenium starts and they'll say "2000"
I think maybe folks just don't care, or they're just going along like with the
rest of the cattle.
I don't mind celebrating the year 2000, it IS a milestone, but IS NOT the
start of a new millenium!!!
Chris
I think another explanation is that folks know they can have a helluva party,
admit they were wrong, and do it again next year!
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: new millenium bugs me
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| (...) Dunno about you but *I'm* partying like it's 1999 already, just like what's his name. So ya.... *knowing why* the millenium starts in 2001 is a sign of intelligence. Refusing to party this year anyway is a sign of stupidity (or (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | Re: new millenium bugs me
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| (...) NO! (see below) (...) It's a matter of what you take as 'the first year'... The first year starts at 0 lasts to 1, second year 1-2, third year 2-3, tenth year 9-10 (since a year is a time-span it starts and ends, that is the thing you (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | Re: new millenium bugs me
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| (...) Of course, another thing people forget is that the gregorian calander was created several hundred years late and grandfathered a lot. And of course, by the opinions of (most) biblical scholars and historians, the whole thing is off by *at (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Fantastic site
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| Of course, since the new millennium doesn't start until 2001, we have a year to discuss it. :) -- Paul Davidson Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message news:38429E93.49D3F2...ich.edu... (...) <19991128.143520.509...no.com>... (...) has (...) (...) (25 years ago, 29-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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