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Re: new millenium bugs me
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Tue, 30 Nov 1999 16:09:25 GMT
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Christopher Lannan wrote:
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> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Frank Filz writes:
> > Mark Sullivan wrote:
> > > (And btw, if you want to follow the screwy
> > > A.D. calendar numbering system further, then all you 30 year olds out there
> > > will be glad to hear that you are still in your twenties...)
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> > Actually not. Age really does start at 0. You aren't 1 until you have
> > been out of your mother's womb (or the petri dish for those reading this
> > post in the far distant future) for 365 or so days.
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> > --
> > Frank Filz
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> There's a difference between being "in your first year" and being "one year
> old". If you are 30 years old, then that means you have completed 30 years of
> life, and are in the midst of your 31st year, so the AD counting thing doesn't
> hold true. When you are thirty you are actually in your thirties- we're
> counting birthdays not including the first one (birth). With AD dates we're
> counting the year we are actually in the midst of, including the first one.
Actually we count aniversaries of our birthday. You really only have one
nbirthday, and it's not your "first" birthday...
--
Frank Filz
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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) we're (...) A good clarification, Frank. I guess by "first one" up above I actually meant the day of your birth, which I guess in common parlance would called your "0th" birthday. I'm feeling feisty today. Chris (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | Re: new millenium bugs me
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| This thread is a pedant's dream. Somebody pinch me. (...) not sure what an nbirthday is... I agree that most folks only have one birthday, and ALL folks only have one "actual" birthday. However, there exists a class of people that have more than one (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: new millenium bugs me
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| (...) There's a difference between being "in your first year" and being "one year old". If you are 30 years old, then that means you have completed 30 years of life, and are in the midst of your 31st year, so the AD counting thing doesn't hold true. (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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