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Re: CLSOTW - Thanks
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Mon, 3 Jan 2000 20:20:14 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Christopher Lannan writes:
> In lugnet.pirates, Dave Schuler writes:
> > I think everyone here knows this, in much the same way that April 30 does
> > not equal May 1. However, there's no point in complaining about it, because
> counting to ten. The other thing that bothers me about it is when I say that
> the new millenium starts in 2001, then all of a sudden I'm the crackpot, and
> all the other million folks in error are "right." Can you say "baaah"?
Amen! (or Right On! or Exactly!, whichever floats your pirate ship.) It
wouldn't be so bad if there weren't *so* many people (well over 90% by my
informal reconing, including almost all of the news media - did you see Peter
Jennings' reaction to the guy with the 2MI shirt on NYE?) who are maintaining
that April 30 *does* equal May 1 and that we're off our collective rockers for
thinking otherwise (and trying to correct the calendarally-impared :-)
-Steven
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| (...) of (...) first (...) It's not that I care so much either. I believe that the year 2000 is a big deal, and worth celebrating. The thing that bothers me is that folks I respect and expect more of are making such a simple mistake. I don't read (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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